Grave vs. Serious

Gravenoun

An excavation in the earth as a place of burial

Gravenoun

Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.

Gravenoun

(by extension) Death, destruction.

Gravenoun

A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).

Gravenoun

(historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.

Graveverb

To dig.

Graveverb

To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

Graveverb

To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.

Graveverb

To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

Graveverb

To entomb; to bury.

Graveverb

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.

Graveverb

To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

Graveadjective

Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.

Graveadjective

Low in pitch, tone etc.

Graveadjective

Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.

Graveadjective

(obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative.

Graveverb

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; - so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.

Graveverb

To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Graveverb

To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

Graveverb

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

Graveverb

To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

Graveverb

To entomb; to bury.

Graveverb

To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

Graveadjective

Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.

Graveadjective

Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; - said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.

Graveadjective

Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.

Graveadjective

Not acute or sharp; low; deep; - said of sound; as, a grave note or key.

Graveadjective

Slow and solemn in movement.

Gravenoun

An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.

Gravenoun

death of a person;

Gravenoun

a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone);

Gravenoun

a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

Graveverb

shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it;

Graveverb

carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface;

Graveadjective

dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises;

Graveadjective

causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

Graveadjective

of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;

Gravenoun

a hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or dead body, typically marked by a stone or mound

Gravenoun

used as an allusive term for death

Gravenoun

a place where a broken or discarded object lies

Gravenoun

another term for grave accent

Graveadjective

giving cause for alarm; serious

Graveadjective

serious or solemn in manner or appearance

Graveadjective

(as a direction) slowly; with solemnity.

Graveverb

engrave (an inscription or image) on a surface

Graveverb

fix (something) indelibly in the mind

Graveverb

clean (a ship's bottom) by burning off the accretions and then tarring it

Graveadverb

(as a direction) slowly; with solemnity.

Grave

A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is buried or interred after a funeral. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of burial, such as graveyards or cemeteries.Certain details of a grave, such as the state of the body found within it and any objects found with the body, may provide information for archaeologists about how the body may have lived before its death, including the time period in which it lived and the culture that it had been a part of.

Seriousadjective

Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition

Seriousadjective

Important; weighty; not insignificant

Seriousadjective

Really intending what is said; in earnest; not jocular or deceiving

Seriousadjective

Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

Seriousadjective

Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.

Seriousadjective

Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.

Seriousadjective

Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.

Seriousadjective

concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities;

Seriousadjective

of great consequence;

Seriousadjective

causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

Seriousadjective

appealing to the mind;

Seriousadjective

completely lacking in playfulness

Seriousadjective

requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve;