All 3 Uses of
grave
in
Flowers for Algernon -- Short Story
- …up all the words in the dictionary but its so hard and im so tired all the time. then i got the idea that i would only use the easy words instead of the long hard ones. that saves time. i put flowers on algernons grave about once a week. mrs flynn thinks i'm crazy to put flowers on a mouses grave but i told her that algernon was special. july 14 its sunday again. i dont have anything to do to keep me busy now because my television set is broke and i dont have any money to get it fixed.†
p. 20..4 *
- …something importent for sience. i remember i did somthing but i dont remember what. so i gess its like i did it for all the dumb pepul like me. good-by miss kinnian and dr. strauss. and evreybody. and p. s. please tell dr nemur not to be such a grouch when pepul laff at him and he woud have more frends. its easy to make frends if you let pepul lafi at you. fin going to have lots of frends where i go. p. p. s. please if you get a chanse put some flowrs on algernons grave in thebakyard…†
p. 22..9
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- i put flowers on algernons grave about once a week.
p. 20..3 *grave = serious and solemn
Definitions:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Better known meanings of grave and gravity:Less common meanings of grave:
- grave -- a place where a dead body is buried
- gravity -- in the sense of physics to refer to the force of attraction between all masses in the universe--especially the force that causes things to fall toward the earth
- death -- as in "A message from beyond the grave."
- describing a color as dark
- to sculpt with a chisel
- to clean and coat the bottom of a wooden ship with pitch
- grave accent -- a punctuation mark (`) that is used in some non-English languages, and that is placed over some letters of the alphabet to tell how they are pronounced.
- grave musical direction -- in a slow and solemn manner
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(grave as in: Her manner was grave.) serious and/or solemnThe exact meaning of this sense of grave can depend upon its context. For example:
- "This is a grave problem," or "a situation of the utmost gravity." -- important, dangerous, or causing worry
- "She was in a grave mood upon returning from the funeral." -- sad or solemn
- "She looked me in the eye and gravely promised." -- in a sincere and serious manner