grave

grave
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. sepulcher, tomb, mausoleum; death.See interment.—adj. important, weighty, serious; sedate, dignified; momentous, solemn; dull, somber. See dejection, importance, inexcitability.
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(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Important]
Syn. momentous, weighty, consequential; see important 1 .
2. [Dangerous]
Syn. critical, serious, ominous; see dangerous 1 .
3. [Solemn]
Syn. serious, sober, earnest; see solemn 1 .
See Synonym Study at serious . n.
1. [A burial place]
Syn. vault, sepulcher, tomb, pit, crypt, mausoleum, catacomb, long home, burial chamber, burial pit, burial place, six feet of earth, last resting place, narrow house, place of interment, mound, barrow, cromlech, clay, cairn, tumulus, dolmen, cold mud*, pine*, wooden shroud*, pit for the dead*, charnel house*, last home*, permanent address*.
2. [Death]
Syn. dissolution, decay, last sleep; see death 2 .
• make one turn (over) in one's grave*,
Syn. do something shocking, do something disrespectful, sin, err; see misbehave .
• have one foot in the grave*,
Syn. be near death, be very ill, be very old, be infirm; see dying 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
tomb, resting place, crypt, vault, sepulcher, burial pit, mausoleum, catacomb, God's acre, burial grounds, barrow. The last inn of all travelers.''—William Davenant. The footprints of angels.''—Longfellow. The threshold of eternity.''—Robert Southey. see cemetery, coffin, funeral, monument
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a.
1. serious important, momentous, weighty, critical, crucial, *life and death, vital, pivotal, urgent, ominous, grievous, dangerous, threatening.
2. solemn grim, somber, dignified, serious, sedate, gloomy, sober, subdued, staid, dour, quiet, saturnine.
ANT.: 1. trivial, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential. 2. cheerful, beaming, silly, merry
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A burial place or receptacle for human remains: catacomb, cinerarium, crypt, mausoleum, ossuary, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb, vault1. See KEEP, PLACE.
V
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Having great consequence or weight: earnest1, heavy, momentous, serious, severe, weighty. See IMPORTANT. 2. Causing or marked by danger or pain, for example: dangerous, grievous, serious, severe. See HELP. 3. Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire-and-brimstone, hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See LUCK, WARN. 4. Full of or marked by dignity and seriousness: earnest1, sedate, serious, sober, solemn, somber, staid. See ATTITUDE, HEAVY.
VI
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cut (a design or inscription) into a hard surface, especially for printing: carve, engrave, etch, incise. See MARKS. 2. To produce a deep impression of: engrave, etch, fix, impress, imprint, inscribe, stamp. See MARKS.

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  • Grave — Grave, a. [Compar. {Graver} (gr[=a]v [ e]r); superl. {Gravest.}] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See {Grief.}] 1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His shield grave and great. Chapman. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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