All 27 Uses of
grave
in
Wuthering Heights
- On my inquiring the subject of his thoughts, he answered gravely — 'I'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back.†
Chpt 7gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- With a grave severity in my manner I bade her stand up.
Chpt 21 *grave = serious and solemn
- 'No, I should never love anybody better than papa,' she returned gravely.†
Chpt 23gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- Now, Mr. Earnshaw did not understand jokes from his children: he had always been strict and grave with them; and Catherine, on her part, had no idea why her father should be crosser and less patient in his ailing condition than he was in his prime.†
Chpt 5
- I wonder his mother does not rise from her grave to see how you use him.†
Chpt 9
- Mr. Kenneth says he would wager his mare that he'll outlive any man on this side Gimmerton, and go to the grave a hoary sinner; unless some happy chance out of the common course befall him.'†
Chpt 9
- I on the brink of the grave!†
Chpt 12
- Day and night he was watching, and patiently enduring all the annoyances that irritable nerves and a shaken reason could inflict; and, though Kenneth remarked that what he saved from the grave would only recompense his care by forming the source of constant future anxiety — in fact, that his health and strength were being sacrificed to preserve a mere ruin of humanity — he knew no limits in gratitude and joy when Catherine's life was declared out of danger; and hour after hour he would sit beside her, tracing the gradual return t†
Chpt 13
- Will you say twenty years hence, "That's the grave of Catherine Earnshaw?†
Chpt 15
- After a pause and a prolonged gaze, she resumed; addressing me in accents of indignant disappointment:— 'Oh, you see, Nelly, he would not relent a moment to keep me out of the grave.†
Chpt 15
- would YOU like to live with your soul in the grave?'†
Chpt 15
- Mr. Earnshaw was, of course, invited to attend the remains of his sister to the grave; he sent no excuse, but he never came; so that, besides her husband, the mourners were wholly composed of tenants and servants.†
Chpt 16
- It seemed so dismal to go up-stairs, with the wild snow blowing outside, and my thoughts continually reverting to the kirk-yard and the new-made grave!†
Chpt 17
- Heathcliff, if I were you, I'd go stretch myself over her grave and die like a faithful dog.†
Chpt 17
- It's well people don't REALLY rise from their grave, or, last night, she might have witnessed a repulsive scene!†
Chpt 17
- Grief, and that together, transformed him into a complete hermit: he threw up his office of magistrate, ceased even to attend church, avoided the village on all occasions, and spent a life of entire seclusion within the limits of his park and grounds; only varied by solitary rambles on the moors, and visits to the grave of his wife, mostly at evening, or early morning before other wanderers were abroad.†
Chpt 17
- 'Sure-ly,' said Joseph after a grave inspection, 'he's swopped wi' ye, Maister, an' yon's his lass!'†
Chpt 20
- If the dead villain could rise from his grave to abuse me for his offspring's wrongs, I should have the fun of seeing the said offspring fight him back again, indignant that he should dare to rail at the one friend he has in the world!'†
Chpt 21
- I'll not disguise but you might kill him if you were wild and reckless, and cherished a foolish, fanciful affection for the son of a person who would be glad to have him in his grave; and allowed him to discover that you fretted over the separation he has judged it expedient to make.'†
Chpt 22
- I swear, on my salvation, he's going to his grave, and none but you can save him!'†
Chpt 22
- I settled his doubts, by suddenly retrieving my gravity and desiring him to walk away, for I came to see Linton, not him.†
Chpt 24
- But I've been as happy musing by myself among those stones, under that old church: lying, through the long June evenings, on the green mound of her mother's grave, and wishing — yearning for the time when I might lie beneath it.†
Chpt 25
- I got the sexton, who was digging Linton's grave, to remove the earth off her coffin lid, and I opened it.†
Chpt 29
- I got a spade from the tool-house, and began to delve with all my might — it scraped the coffin; I fell to work with my hands; the wood commenced cracking about the screws; I was on the point of attaining my object, when it seemed that I heard a sigh from some one above, close at the edge of the grave, and bending down.†
Chpt 29
- Her presence was with me: it remained while I re-filled the grave, and led me home.†
Chpt 29
- I frowned, and then she glanced towards the master: whose mind was occupied on other subjects than his company, as his countenance evinced; and she grew serious for an instant, scrutinizing him with deep gravity.†
Chpt 33
- The six men departed when they had let it down into the grave: we stayed to see it covered.†
Chpt 34
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
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(2)
(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