Definition: a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
Usage: he put flowers on his mother's grave
Similar words: topographic point, spot, place
Definition: a point located with respect to surface features of some region
Usage: this is a nice place for a picnic; a bright spot on a planet
Synonyms: grave, grave accent
Definition: a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
Similar words: accent, accent mark
Definition: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Synonyms: grave
Definition: death of a person
Usage: he went to his grave without forgiving me; from cradle to grave
Similar words: death, demise, dying
Definition: the time when something ends
Usage: it was the death of all his plans; a dying of old hopes
Synonyms: scratch, grave, inscribe, engrave
Definition: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
Usage: engrave a pen; engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's; the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree
Definition: engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
Usage: carve one's name into the bark
Synonyms: grave, sculpt, sculpture
Definition: shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
Usage: She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband
Synonyms: dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe
Definition: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Usage: a dangerous operation; a grave situation; a grave illness; grievous bodily harm; a serious wound; a serious turn of events; a severe case of pneumonia; a life-threatening disease
Similar words: critical
Definition: being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
Usage: a critical shortage of food; a critical illness; an illness at the critical stage
Synonyms: grave, grievous, heavy, weighty
Definition: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
Usage: grave responsibilities; faced a grave decision in a time of crisis; a grievous fault; heavy matters of state; the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
Similar words: important, of import
Definition: of great significance or value
Usage: important people; the important questions of the day
Synonyms: sober, solemn, sedate, grave
Definition: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
Usage: a grave God-fearing man; a quiet sedate nature; as sober as a judge; a solemn promise; the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence
Similar words: serious
Definition: concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
Usage: a serious student of history; a serious attempt to learn to ski; gave me a serious look; a serious young man; are you serious or joking?; Don't be so serious!