Overview of noun graves

The noun graves has 1 sense

• Graves, Robert Graves, Robert Ranke Graves -- (English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985))

Overview of noun grave

The noun grave has 3 senses

• grave -- (death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave")


• grave, tomb -- (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")


• grave accent, grave -- (a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation)

Overview of verb grave

The verb grave has 2 senses

• sculpt, sculpture, grave -- (shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband")


• scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe -- (carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree")