GRAVE
noun
Definition
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction. He bad lain in the grave four days. John xi. 17. Grave wax, adipocere.
Other Definitions
This word also has 2 other definitions:
GRAVE
(adjective)
1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.] His shield grave and great. Chapman.
2. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious;...
GRAVE
(verb)
(Naut.) 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 use...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
