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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. | |
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