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Définitions

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grave
1. adj. Grave, sérieux.
2. n. Tombe (lieu où l'on enterre une personne morte).
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grave
1. n. An excavation in the earth as a place of burial
2. n. Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
3. n. (by extension) Death, destruction.
4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To dig.
5. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
to grave an image
7. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
8. v. (transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
9. v. (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.
10. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
11. adj. (obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative.
12. adj. Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful, sombre.
13. adj. Low in pitch, tone etc.
14. adj. Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
15. n. A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).
16. n. (historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.

Exemples de phrases

The world economy is in grave danger.      L'économie mondiale est en danger. My old English teacher is certainly rolling in her grave right now.      Mon ancienne professeur d'anglais doit sûrement se retourner dans sa tombe à l'heure qu'il est. Life is the grave in which I'm turning.      La vie est la tombe dans laquelle je tourne et me retourne. He looked grave when told the bad news.      Il devint grave lorsqu'on l'informa des mauvaises nouvelles. I feel like someone just walked over my grave.      J'ai l'impression que quelqu’un venait de marcher sur ma tombe.

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