All 12 Uses of
grave
in
1984, by Orwell
- He began speaking with the peculiar grave courtesy that differentiated him from the majority of Inner Party members.
p. 157.4grave = serious and solemn
- 'The past is more important,' agreed O'Brien gravely.
p. 176.9gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- With a sort of grave courtesy he completed the stanza:
p. 178.7grave = serious and solemn
- O'Brien was looking down at him gravely and rather sadly.
p. 244.6 *gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- They were down in some subterranean place — the bottom of a well, for instance, or a very deep grave — but it was a place which, already far below him, was itself moving downwards.
p. 29.5grave = burial spot
- They were corpses waiting to be sent back to the grave.
p. 76.5
- Or that the force of gravity works?
p. 80.8gravity = the force that makes things fall
- He had the sensation of stepping into the dampness of a grave,
p. 159.9grave = burial spot
- ...and it was not much better because he had always known that the grave was there and waiting for him.
p. 159.9 *
- It had been preached by kings and aristocrats and by the priests, lawyers, and the like who were parasitical upon them, and it had generally been softened by promises of compensation in an imaginary world beyond the grave.
p. 202.9grave = time of being buried
- You don't even control the climate or the law of gravity.
p. 264.9gravity = the force that makes things fall
- The law of gravity was nonsense.
p. 278.2
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