A Quick and Simple Dictionary

grave

1. Noun.  An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
2. Noun.  death, destruction.
3. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To dig.
4. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
5. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
6. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
7. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
8. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) 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.
9. Verb.  (intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
10. Adjective.  (obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative. (defdate, 16th-18th c.) .
11. Adjective.  Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful, sombre. (defdate, from 16th c.) .
12. Adjective.  Low in pitch, tone etc. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
13. Adjective.  Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable. (defdate, from 19th c.) .
14. Noun.  A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an ''e'' with a grave accent.