grave
adjective
1. dignified and serious in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
- a grave God-fearing man
Similar word(s): serious, sedate, sober, solemn
2. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- a grave situation
- a grave illness
Similar word(s): critical, dangerous, grievous, serious, severe
3. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- grave responsibilities
- faced a grave decision in a time of crisis
noun
1. death of a person
- he went to his grave without forgiving me
- from cradle to grave
Definition categories: time, death, demise, dying
2. a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- he put flowers on his mother's grave
Similar word(s): tomb
Definition categories: man–made, place, spot
3. a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
Definition categories: communication, accent