Definition of grave

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Grave (superl.) Slow and solemn in movement.

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Tone :: Tone (n.) Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone..
Eschar :: Eschar (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams..
Fill :: Fill (a.) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel..
Carve :: Carve (v. t.) To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave..
Bury :: Bury (v. t.) Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume..
Graphical :: Graphical (a.) Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.
Sepulture :: Sepulture (n.) The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy.
Headpiece :: Headpiece (n.) An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page..
Character :: Character (v. t.) To engrave; to inscribe.
Greave :: Greave (v. t.) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
Burin :: Burin (n.) The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble..
Graven :: Graven (p. p.) of Grav.
Palsgravine :: Palsgravine (n.) The consort or widow of a palsgrave.
Strew :: Strew (v. t.) To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave..
Graveclothes :: Graveclothes (n. pl.) The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.
Soberly :: Soberly (adv.) In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.
Melodrama :: Melodrama (n.) Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's Fidelio..
Grave :: Grave (superl.) Slow and solemn in movement.
Gravestone :: Gravestone (n.) A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone..
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