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grave noun

  /ɡɹeɪv/ , /ɡɹɑːv/
  • (narrowly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
tombe, sépulture

gravely adverb

  /ˈɡɹeɪvli/
  • In a grave or serious manner.
gravement

grave adjective

  /ɡɹeɪv/ , /ɡɹɑːv/
  • Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful. [from 16th c.]
  • Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable. [from 19th c.]
grave

grave verb

  /ɡɹeɪv/ , /ɡɹɑːv/
  • (intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
  • (intransitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
graver
  • (transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
sculpter, tailler

graveness noun

  • The state of being grave; gravity
gravité
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