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grave

adjective
  1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
    dangerous
  2. of great gravity or crucial import
    heavy
  3. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
    “a grave God-fearing man”
    sober
noun
  1. a place for the burial of a corpse,especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone
    “They put flowers on their mother's grave.”
    tomb
  2. a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
    grave accent
  3. death of a person
    “They went to their grave unexpectedly.”
verb
  1. carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
    “engrave a pen”
    scratchinscribeengrave
  2. shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
    sculpture