Definition of grave

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Grave (n.) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image..

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Inscribe :: Inscribe (v. t.) To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.
Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
Margrave :: Margrave (n.) The English equivalent of the German title of nobility, markgraf; a marquis..
Demurely :: Demurely (adv.) In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty..
Write :: Write (v. t.) To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart..
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..
Polytype :: Polytype (n.) A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief..
Acute :: Acute (a.) High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent..
Intergraven :: Intergraven () of Intergrav.
Grave :: Grave (n.) To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Soberly :: Soberly (a.) Grave; serious; solemn; sad.
Roulette :: Roulette (n.) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to produce rows of dots.
Vampire :: Vampire (n.) A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730..
Graven :: Graven (v. t.) Carved.
Cipher :: Cipher (n.) A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W..
Plate :: Plate (n.) A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a fashion plate..
Graveolence :: Graveolence (n.) A strong and offensive smell; rancidity.
Consign :: Consign (v. t.) To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave..
Engravery :: Engravery (n.) The trade or work of an engraver.
Thy :: Thy (pron.) Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine..
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