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Look up: grave

  1. grave
    Type: Term Pronunciation: grāv Definitions: 1. Denoting symptoms of a serious or dangerous character.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  2. grave
    serious requiring consideration 
    Found on http://www.graduateshotline.com/list.htm

  3. grave
    [adj] - dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises 2. [adj] - of great gravity or crucial import 3. [n] - death of a person 4. [n] - a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Grave
    Grave transitive verb (Nautical) 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/53

  5. Grave
    Grave adjective [ Compar. Graver (grāv'ẽr); superl. Gravest. ] [ French, from Latin gravis heavy; confer Italian & Spanish grave heavy, grave. See Grief. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/53

  6. Grave
    Grave transitive verb [ imperfect Graved (grāvd); past participle Graven (grāv''n) or Graved ; present participle & verbal noun Graving
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/53

  7. Grave
    Grave intransitive verb To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/53

  8. Grave
    Grave noun [ Anglo-Saxon gr?f , from grafan to dig; akin to D. & Old Saxon graf , German grab , Icelandic gröf , Russian grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.] An excavation in the earth as a place ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/53

  9. grave
    1. To dig. Chaucer. '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...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. grave
    grievous adjective 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`; `th...
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. grave
    sedate adjective 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`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. grave
    tomb 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`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. Grave
    • (superl.) Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face. • (superl.) Slow and solemn in movement. • (n.) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly. • (n.) To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer. • (v. i.) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. grave
    nymphomania, grave Severe, active nymphomania in contrast to slight, platonic, or lesser nymphomania.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  15. grave
    • death of a person
    • a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
    • a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

    Found on

  16. grave
    grave, space excavated in the earth or rock for the burial of a corpse. When a grave is marked by a protective or memorial structure it is often referred to as a tomb. See burial; funeral customs.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  17. Grave
    A `grave` is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of a non-human animal) is buried. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of burial, such as graveyards or cemeteries. Certain details of a grave, such as the state of the body...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave

  18. Grave
    (band) `Grave` is a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1986 by vocalist and guitarist Ola Lindgren, who is their only constant member. The band had particular success in the early 1990s, and their first four albums, Into the Grave, You`ll Never See..., Soulless and <...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave

  19. Grave
    (crater) `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. Like many lu...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave

  20. Grave
    (unit) A `grave` is a metallic reference standard of one thousand grams that was used for a few years until it was replaced by the kilogram standard in 1799. Our modern kilogram has its origins in the pre-French Revolution days of France. Louis XVI created a Consultative Commission for Units ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave



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12 February 2012

This day in history:
/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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