Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - grave
Grave
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1. n. 1 a a trench dug in the ground to receive a coffin on burial. b a mound or memorial stone placed over this. 2 (prec. by the) death, esp. as indicating mortal finality. 3 something compared to or regarded as a grave. Phrases and idioms turn in one's grave (of a dead person) be thought of in certain circumstances as likely to have been shocked or angry when alive. Derivatives graveless adj. graveward adv. & adj. Etymology: OE gr{aelig}f f. WG 2. adj. & n. --adj. 1 a serious, weighty, important (a grave matter). b dignified, solemn, sombre (a grave look). 2 extremely serious or threatening (grave danger). 3 (of sound) low-pitched, not acute. --n. = grave accent. Phrases and idioms grave accent a mark (`) placed over a vowel in some languages to denote pronunciation, length, etc., orig. indicating low or falling pitch. Derivatives gravely adv. graveness n. Etymology: F grave or L gravis heavy, serious 3. v.tr. (past part. graven or graved) 1 (foll. by in, on) fix indelibly (on one's memory). 2 archaic engrave, carve. Phrases and idioms graven image an idol. Etymology: OE grafan dig, engrave f. Gmc: cf. GROOVE 4. v.tr. clean (a ship's bottom) by burning off accretions and by tarring. Phrases and idioms graving dock = dry dock. Etymology: perh. F dial. grave = OF greve shore
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I. transitive verb (~d; ~n or ~d; graving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grafan; akin to Old High German graban to dig, Old Church Slavic pogreti to bury Date: before 12th century dig, excavate, 2. to carve or shape with a chisel ; sculpture, to carve or cut (as letters or figures) into a hard surface ; en~, to impress or fix (as a thought) deeply, II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English græf; akin to Old High German grab ~, Old English grafan to dig Date: before 12th century an excavation for burial of a body, 2. death 1a, death 4, III. transitive verb (~d; graving) Etymology: Middle English ~n Date: 15th century to clean and pay with pitch , IV. adjective (~r; ~st) see: grieve Date: 1539 1. authoritative, weighty, meriting serious consideration ; important , likely to produce great harm or danger , significantly serious ; considerable, great , having a serious and dignified quality or demeanor , drab in color ; somber, low-pitched in sound, 5. having the form ˋ, marked with a ~ accent, of the variety indicated by a ~ accent, see: serious ~ly adverb ~ness noun V. noun Date: 1609 a ~ accent ˋ used to show that a vowel is pronounced with a fall of pitch (as in ancient Greek), that a vowel has a certain quality (as è in French), that a final e is stressed and close and that a final o is stressed and low (as in Italian), that a syllable has a degree of stress between maximum and minimum (as in phonetic transcription), or that the e of the English ending -ed is to be pronounced (as in “this cursèd day”), VI. adverb or adjective Etymology: Italian, literally, ~, from Latin gravis Date: 1683 slowly and solemnly ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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