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An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
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Death or extinction: faced the grave with calm resignation.
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Linguistics A mark ( ` ) indicating a pronounced e for the sake of meter in the usually nonsyllabic ending -ed in English poetry.
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An excavation for burial of a body.
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adjective
Dignified and somber in conduct or character: a grave procession. See Synonyms at serious.
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Fraught with danger or harm: a grave wound.
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Linguistics Of or referring to a phonetic feature that distinguishes sounds produced at the periphery of the vocal tract, as in labial and velar consonants and back vowels.
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Linguistics Written with or modified by the mark ( ` ), as the è in Sèvres.
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Requiring serious thought; momentous: a grave decision in a time of crisis.
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adverb
Music In a slow and solemn manner. Used chiefly as a direction.
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verb-transitive
To clean and coat (the bottom of a wooden ship) with pitch.
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To sculpt or carve; engrave.
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To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.
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verb
To carve or shape with a chisel.
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To carve or cut (as letters or figures) into a hard surface.
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To impress or fix (as a thought) deeply.
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To clean and pay with pitch.
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