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      grave
      noun
      (strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
      (loosely) Any place of interment.
      (very loosely) Any place containing one or more corpses.
      (by extension, uncountable) Deceased people; the dead.
      (uncountable, by extension) Death, destruction.
      A grave accent, the diacritic mark `.
      A surname.
      (historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.
      (obsolete) A kilogram.
      verb
      (transitive, obsolete) To dig.
      (transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
      (transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
      (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 were formerly used for this purpose.
      adjective
      Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.
      Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
      Low in pitch, tone etc.
      (obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative.
      (phonology, dated, of a sound) Dull, produced in the middle or back of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
      Synonyms for grave
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