graveness

Definition of Graveness in English :

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Noun

1. graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness

a manner that is serious and solemn

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Graveness

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noun

1.

a place for the burial of a corpse, esp beneath the ground and usually marked by a tombstone

▶ Related adjective: sepulchral

2.

something resembling a grave or resting place

the ship went to its grave

3. the grave

4. have one foot in the grave

5. to make someone turn in their grave

adjective

1.

serious and solemn

a grave look

2.

full of or suggesting danger

a grave situation

3.

important; crucial

grave matters of state

4.

(of colours) sober or dull

5. (ˈɡrɑːv) phonetics

a.

(of a vowel or syllable in some languages with a pitch accent, such as ancient Greek) spoken on a lower or falling musical pitch relative to neighbouring syllables or vowels

b.

of or relating to an accent (`) over vowels, denoting a pronunciation with lower or falling musical pitch (as in ancient Greek), with a certain special quality (as in French), or in a manner that gives the vowel status as a syllable nucleus not usually possessed by it in that position (as in English agèd)

Compare acute (sense 8), circumflex

noun

6.

a grave accent

verbWord forms: graves, graving, graved, graved or graven (transitive) archaic

1.

to cut, carve, sculpt, or engrave

2.

to fix firmly in the mind

verb

(transitive) nautical

to clean and apply a coating of pitch to (the bottom of a vessel)

adjective, adverb

music

to be performed in a solemn manner

Graveness

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈgraver or ˈgravest

1.

a.

requiring serious thought; important; weighty

grave doubts

b.

not light or trifling in nature or in consequence; grievous

a grave sin

2.

a.

seriously threatening health, well-being, or life; critical; dangerous

a grave illness

b.

seriously contrary to what is right or desirable; extremely bad

a grave fault

c. Theology

so evil as to cause spiritual death; mortal

a grave sin

3.

dignified and solemn or sedate in manner or mien

4.

somber; dull

grave colors

5.

low or deep in pitch

noun

1.

a.

a hole in the ground in which to bury a dead body

b.

any place of burial; tomb

2.

final end or death; extinction

verb transitiveWord forms: graved, ˈgraven or graved, ˈgraving

3. Obsolete

a.

to dig

b.

to bury

4. Archaic

a.

to shape by carving; sculpture

b.

to engrave; incise

5.

to impress sharply and clearly; fix permanently

verb transitiveWord forms: graved or ˈgraving

to clean barnacles, etc. from (the hull of a wooden ship) and coat with pitch or tar

adjective, adverb

Musical Direction

slowly and with solemnity

Graveness

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adj. grav·er, grav·est

1. Requiring serious thought; momentous: a grave decision in a time of crisis.

2. Fraught with danger or harm: a grave wound.

3. Dignified and somber in conduct or character: a grave procession. See Synonyms at serious.

4. Somber or dark in hue.

5. (also gräv) Linguistics

a. Written with or modified by the mark ( ` ), as the è in Sèvres.

b. 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.

n. (also gräv)

See grave accent.

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