grave

      See also gravé, and -grave

      English

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      Etymology 1

      From Middle English grave, grafe, from Old English græf (“cave, grave, trench”), from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Dutch graf (“a grave”), Low German graf (“a grave”), German Grab (“a grave”), Swedish grav (“a grave”), Icelandic gröf (“a grave”). Cognate to Albanian gropë (“a ditch, hole”). Related to groove.

      Noun

      A freshly dug grave

      grave (plural graves)

      1. An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
        • (Can we date this quote?), John 11:17:
          He had lain in the grave four days.
        • 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert (author), Madame Bovary, Part III, Chapter X:
          They reached the cemetery. The men went right down to a place in the grass where a grave was dug. They ranged themselves all round; and while the priest spoke, the red soil thrown up at the sides kept noiselessly slipping down at the corners.
      2. death, destruction.
      Derived terms
      Translations
      excavation for burial

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      Etymology 2

      From Middle English graven, from Old English grafan (“to dig, dig up, grave, engrave, carve, chisel”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Dutch graven (“to dig”), German graben (“to dig”), Swedish gräva (“to dig”).

      Verb

      grave (third-person singular simple present graves, present participle graving, simple past graved or grove, past participle graved or graven)

      1. (transitive, obsolete) To dig.
      2. (transitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
        • Exodus 28:9:
          Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel.
        • 1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram[1], edition HTML, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:
          Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks.
        • (Can we date this quote?) Robert Louis Stevenson, Requiem:
          This be the verse you grave for me / "Here he lies where he longs to be"
      3. (transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
      4. (transitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
      5. (transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
      6. (transitive, obsolete, nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
      7. (intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
      Translations
      to carve letters or similar
      to carve to give a shape
      to impress on the mind

      Etymology 3

      From French grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy, important”).

      Adjective

      grave (comparative graver, superlative gravest)

      1. (obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative. [16th-18th c.]
        • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.7:
          An illiterate fool sits in a mans seat; and the common people hold him learned, grave, and wise.
      2. Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful, sombre. [from 16th c.]
      3. Low in pitch, tone etc. [from 17th c.]
        • (Can we date this quote?) Moore, Encyclopedia of Music:
          The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone.
      4. Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable. [from 19th c.]
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      Translations
      having a sense of seriousness
      low in pitch, tone
      serious in a negative sense
      to be checked

      Noun

      grave (plural graves)

      1. A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent.
      Translations
      written accent

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      Danish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: /ɡraːvə/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɑːvə]

      Etymology 1

      From Italian grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy, grave”).

      Adverb

      grave

      1. (music) grave (low in pitch, tone etc.)
      2. accent grave – accent grave, grave accent

      Etymology 2

      From Old Norse grafa (“to dig, bury”).

      Verb

      grave (imperative grav, infinitive at grave, present tense graver, past tense gravede, past participle har gravet)

      1. dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way)
      Derived terms

      Etymology 3

      See grav (“grave, tomb, pit”).

      Noun

      grave c

      1. plural indefinite of grav
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      Dutch

      Verb

      grave

      1. singular present subjunctive of graven

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      Adverb

      grave

      1. seriously, gravely
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      French

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Latin gravis.

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      grave (masculine and feminine, plural graves)

      1. serious
      2. solemn

      Adverb

      grave

      1. (informal) much; a lot
        Je te kiffe grave !
        I love you like crazy!

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      Verb

      grave

      1. first-person singular present indicative of graver
      2. third-person singular present indicative of graver
      3. first-person singular present subjunctive of graver
      4. first-person singular present subjunctive of graver
      5. second-person singular imperative of graver

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      Italian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Latin gravis.

      Adjective

      grave m, f (masculine and feminine plural gravi)

      1. grave, serious
      2. heavy
      3. solemn

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      Latin

      Adjective

      grave

      1. nominative neuter singular of gravis
      2. accusative neuter singular of gravis
      3. vocative neuter singular of gravis
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      Middle French

      Alternative forms

      Noun

      grave f (plural graves)

      1. gravel

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      Old French

      Alternative forms

      Noun

      grave f (oblique plural graves, nominative singular grave, nominative plural graves)

      1. gravel

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      Portuguese

      Verb

      grave

      1. first-person singular present subjunctive of gravar
      2. third-person singular present subjunctive of gravar
      3. first-person singular imperative of gravar
      4. third-person singular imperative of gravar
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      Spanish

      Etymology

      From Latin gravis.

      Adjective

      grave m and f (plural graves)

      1. serious, grave
      2. bass (sound)
      3. solemn
      4. (grammar) stressed in the penultimate syllable: paroxytone

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      Verb

      grave (infinitive gravar)

      1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of gravar.
      2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of gravar.
      3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of gravar.
      4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of gravar.
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      Swedish

      Adjective

      grave

      1. absolute definite natural masculine form of grav.
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