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1. 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";
   - tomb
    
2. Death of a person
   "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"

1. Dignified and sombre in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
   "a grave God-fearing man";
   - sedate, sober, solemn
    
2. Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
   "a grave situation";
   - dangerous, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening
    
3. Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
   "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis";
   - grievous, heavy, weighty

1. Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
   "She is graving the block of marble into an image of her husband";
   - sculpt, sculpture, sculp
    
2. Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
   - scratch, engrave, inscribe
    
3. Impress deeply on the mind

1. A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
   - grave accent

Derived forms: gravest, graving, graved, graver, graven, graves

See also: critical, important, of import, serious

Type of: accent, accent mark, carve, chip at, death, demise, dying, place, spot, topographic point

Encyclopedia: Grave, Netherlands