grave

nouns

death of a person

"he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"

grave

is a type of (narrower)

the time when something ends

"it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

death, demise, dying

a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

"he put flowers on his mother's grave"

grave, tomb

a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

grave, grave accent

verbs

shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

"She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"

grave, sculpt, sculpture

carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

"engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"

engrave, grave, inscribe, scratch

adjectives

dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

"a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

grave, sedate, sober, solemn

is derived from

graveness

is derived from

gravity

causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

"a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe

of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

"grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"

grave, grievous, heavy, weighty

is derived from

graveness

is derived from

gravity