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Gravest

verb
Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.verbTo dig.
2.verbTo carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
3.verbTo carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
"to grave an image"
4.verbTo impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
5.verbTo entomb; to bury.
6.verbTo write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
7.adjectiveCharacterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.
8.adjectiveLow in pitch, tone etc.
9.adjectiveSerious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
10.adjectiveInfluential, important; authoritative.
11.verbTo 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.

Synonyms

demuresagethoughtfulweightyimportantmomentousserioussedatesobersolemnsombrestaid

Antonyms

acute

Rhymes With

tavist
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