graves

/ɡɹeɪvz/ · noun

Meaning

An excavation in the earth as a place of burial
Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
(by extension) Death, destruction.
To dig.
To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
To entomb; to bury.
To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).
A count, prefect, or person holding office.
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.

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