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grave

(gr/eI/v )

death of a person(noun.time)

Example:
He went to his grave without forgiving me.
From cradle to grave.

source: wordnet30
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)(noun.artifact)

Example:
He put flowers on his mother's grave.

Synonym:
tomb

source: wordnet30
a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation(noun.communication)

Synonym:
grave accent

source: wordnet30
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.(noun)

source: webster1913

shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it(verb.contact)

Synonym:
sculpt, sculpture

source: wordnet30
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface(verb.contact)

Example:
Engrave a pen.
Engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's.

Synonym:
engrave, inscribe, scratch

source: wordnet30
To 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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.(verb)

source: webster1913
To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.(verb)

source: webster1913