From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grave \Grave\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Graved} (gr[=a]vd); p. p. {Graven} (gr[=a]v"'n) or {Graved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Graving}.] [AS. grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D. graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan. grabe, Sw. gr[aum]fva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra'fein to write, E. graphic. Cf. {Grave}, noun, {Grove}, noun]
He hath graven and digged up a pit. --Ps. vii. 16 (Book of Common Prayer).
2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel. --Ex. xxviii. 9.
3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
With gold men may the hearte grave. --Chaucer.
4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior.
5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Graven \Grav"en\, p. p. of {Grave}, verb (used with an object) Carved.
{Graven image}, an idol; an object of worship carved from wood, stone, etc. ''Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.'' --Ex. xx. 4.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: 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" [syn: {sedate}, {sober}, {solemn}]
2: 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" [syn: {dangerous}, {grievous}, {serious}, {severe}, {life-threatening}]
3: 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" [syn: {grievous}, {heavy}, {weighty}]
noun
1: death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"
2: 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" [syn: {tomb}]
3: a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation [syn: {grave accent}]
verb
1: 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" [syn: {sculpt}, {sculpture}]
2: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup" [syn: {engrave}, {inscribe}] [also: {graven}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured representations" [syn: {sculpted}, {sculptured}]
2: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations" [syn: {engraved}, {etched}, {incised}, {inscribed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "graven": anaglyphic, anaglyptic, anastatic, carved, ceroplastic, chased, confirmed, creased, cut, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, enchased, engrafted, engraved, engraven, entrenched, established, etched, firmly established, furrowed, glyphic, glyptic, graved, grooved, hammered, implanted, impressed, imprinted, in relief, incised, indelibly impressed, infixed, ingrained, ingrown, inscribed, insculptured, inveterate, inwrought, lined, long-established, marked, modeled, molded, old-line, on a rock, on bedrock, printed, rooted, sculpted, sculptile, sculptured, set, settled, stabilized, stamped, tooled, toreutic, vested, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set, well-settled
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