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How to pronounce grave in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms grievous, heavy, weighty
Derivation graveness, gravity


grave responsibilities.
faced a grave decision in a time of crisis.
Type Words
Synonyms grave accent
Type of accent, accent mark
Type Words
Synonyms sedate, sober, solemn
Derivation graveness, gravity


a grave God-fearing man.
Type Words
Synonyms engrave, inscribe, scratch
Type of chip at, carve
Has types character
Verb group etch, engrave


engrave a pen.
engraved the trophy cup with the winner's name.
Type Words
Synonyms sculpt, sculpture
Type of carve
Verb group sculpt, sculpture
Type Words
Synonyms tomb
Type of spot, place, topographic point
Has types sepulture, sepulcher, sepulchre, burial chamber, mastaba, mastabah


he put flowers on his mother's grave.
Type Words
Synonyms dangerous, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe


a grave situation.
a grave illness.
Type Words
Type of dying, death, demise


he went to his grave without forgiving me.
from cradle to grave.

Examples of grave

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If he's still hostile on his deathbed, that's an issue he'll carry to the grave.
From the chron.com
That none of this loss is mitigated puts the health of our waters at grave risk.
From the sciencedaily.com
Bin Laden went to his grave perhaps only half appreciating the error of his way.
From the smh.com.au
Most European inmates were sent home, despite grave qualms on the analysts'part.
From the theatlantic.com
Is wanting to be overpaid some sort of grave sin unique to public sector unions?
From the theatlantic.com
She's beautiful and very grave and I could see a sharp intelligence in her eyes.
From the independent.co.uk
I can't go to his grave at Montparnasse cemetery, there are always people there.
From the guardian.co.uk
West Side is essentially sold out and Oak Hill has about 2,000 grave sites left.
From the dailyherald.com
Even his grave had to be relocated back to Graceland to prevent it being dug up.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
More examples
  • Death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"
  • Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "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"
  • Sculpt: shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
  • 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"
  • Dangerous: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "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"
  • Scratch: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
  • Grave is a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1986.
  • A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is buried. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of burial, such as graveyards or cemeteries.
  • Grave is a lunar crater that lies in the northern interior floor of the huge walled plain Gagarin, on the far side of the Moon. It is located about 10 kilometers to the east-northeast of the larger crater Isaev, which covers the northwestern part of Gagarin's interior.