grave
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
death of a person
he went to his grave without forgiving me
Types & categories
- dying hypernym
Sense 2 verb
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
Types & categories
- carve hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
a grave God-fearing man
Related & opposite
- graveness derivation
- sedateness derivation
- solemnity derivation
- serious similar to
Sense 4 noun
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
Types & categories
- spot hypernym
- burial chamber hyponym
- mastaba hyponym
Parts & wholes
- gravestone part meronym
Sense 5 verb
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
engrave a pen
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 adjective
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
a dangerous operation
Related & opposite
- dangerousness derivation
- severity derivation
- distressfulness derivation
- critical similar to
Sense 7 noun
a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
Types & categories
- accent mark hypernym
Sense 8 adjective
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
grave responsibilities
Related & opposite
- graveness derivation
- weightiness derivation
- important similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | dying |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sculpture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sculpture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sculptor |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | sculpture |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | carve |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | graveness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sedateness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | solemnity |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | serious |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | gravestone |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | spot |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | burial chamber |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mastaba |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | engraver |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | etch |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | chip at |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | character |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dangerousness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | severity |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | distressfulness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | critical |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | accent mark |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | graveness |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | weightiness |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | important |