Definition of grave

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Grave (superl.) Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face..

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Sepulchral :: Sepulchral (a.) Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice..
Gravedigger :: Gravedigger (n.) A digger of graves.
Cloisonne :: Cloisonne (a.) Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champleve enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel..
Gravelly :: Gravelly (a.) Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil..
Grave :: Grave (n.) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image..
Direction :: Direction (n.) That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants..
Seal :: Seal (n.) An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security..
Grave :: Grave (n.) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave..
Dabber :: Dabber (n.) That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink..
Timeless :: Timeless (a.) Done or occurring before the proper time; premature; immature; as, a timeless grave..
Grave :: Grave (superl.) Slow and solemn in movement.
Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
Shingle :: Shingle (n.) Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere..
Mezzotinter :: Mezzotinter (n.) One who engraves in mezzotint.
Graves :: Graves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.
Intergraved :: Intergraved (imp.) of Intergrav.
Pothole :: Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete..
Verge :: Verge (n.) A slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre..
Blue Grass :: Blue grass () A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass..
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