Definition of gravest in English

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gravest, adjective, superlative of grave.

WordNet

Noun Plural: graves
grave - 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"
		tomb
		topographic point, spot, place a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet"
		burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture a chamber that is used as a grave
		gravestone, tombstone, headstone a stone that is used to mark a grave
grave - death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"
grave - a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
		grave accent
Adjective grave, graver, gravest
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"
		sedate, sober, solemn
		serious requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve; "raised serious objections to the proposal"; "the plan has a serious flaw"
grave - of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "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"
		grievous, heavy, weighty
		of import, important of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
grave - 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"
		dangerous, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening
		critical marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

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Wiktionary

grave (Noun)
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
grave (Noun)
death, destruction.
grave (Noun)
A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent.
grave (Verb)
To dig.
grave (Verb)
To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
grave (Verb)
To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
grave (Verb)
To impress deeply on the mind; to fix indelibly.
grave (Verb)
To entomb; to bury.
grave (Verb)
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 used for this purpose.
grave (Verb)
To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
grave (Adjective)
Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful, sombre.
grave (Adjective)
Low in pitch, tone etc.
grave (Adjective)
Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

grave (v. t.)
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 used for this purpose.
grave (superl.)
Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.
grave (superl.)
Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.
grave (superl.)
Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.
grave (superl.)
Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.
grave (superl.)
Slow and solemn in movement.
grave (n.)
To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
grave (n.)
To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
grave (n.)
To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
grave (n.)
To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
grave (n.)
To entomb; to bury.
grave (v. i.)
To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
grave (n.)
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

grave
A place (commonly marked with a headstone) where one or more people are buried (usually in a coffin underneath the ground).
grave
(Very) serious.
grave
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

grave
grāv, v.t. to carve or cut on a hard substance: to engrave.—v.i. to engrave:—pa.p. graved or grāv′en.—n. a pit graved or dug out, esp. one in which to bury the dead: any place of burial: the abode of the dead: (fig.) death: destruction.—n.pl. Grave′-clothes, the clothes in which the dead are buried.—n. Grave′-dig′ger, one who digs graves.—adj. Grave′less (Shak.), without a grave, unburied.—ns. Grave′-mak′er (Shak.), a grave-digger; Grave′-stone, a stone laid over, or placed at the head of, a grave as a memorial; Grave′yard, a yard or enclosure used as a burial-ground.—With one foot in the grave, on the very borders of death. [A.S. grafan; Dut. graven, Ger. graben; Gr. graphein, to scratch, L. scribĕre, to write.]
grave
grāv, v.t. to smear with graves or greaves, a mixture of tallow, rosin, &c. boiled together.—ns.pl. Graves, Greaves, tallow-drippings. [See Greaves.]
grave
grāv, adj. of importance: serious: not gay or showy: sober: solemn; weighty: (mus.) not acute: low.—n. the grave accent, or its sign (`).—adv. Grave′ly.—n. Grave′ness. [Fr.,—L. gravis.]
grave
grāv, n. a count, prefect, a person holding office, as in landgrave, margrave, burgrave, &c. [Dut. graaf, Ger. graf.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

grave
To clean a vessel's bottom, and pay it over.

Wikipedia

A grave is where somebody or something is buried after they have died.

Graves are usually placed in a graveyard, with a headstone used to identify the dead person.

A funeral will occur if the family has enough money.If they don't,there won't be a proper funeral. The name will be on the grave of the dead person. For example, Shakespeare was buried in England.
mass
Grave was the word that was used to describe mass before the word "kilogram" was introduced. "Grave" comes from the word "gravity" and was first used in 1793 in France. The name "kilogram" was introduced in 1795 but was not the official word for mass until 1875.

In order to have full consistency in the International System of Units (SI), many people think that the kilogram should be called something different. Using the word "kilogram" creates a problem because it is a base unit that has the prefix "kilo" already in its name. To fix the problem, some people have suggested using the word "grave" again.