All 11 Uses of
grave
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- Pa shook hands gravely.
Chpt 8 *gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- "She's old an' she's ornery," he said gravely.†
Chpt 10
- "Yeah!" said Casy, and he waved his toes up and down and studied them gravely.†
Chpt 20
- Winfield regarded her gravely.†
Chpt 22
- Pa said softly, "Grampa buried his pa with his own hand, done it in dignity, an' shaped the grave nice with his own shovel.†
Chpt 13
- The men came from the grave, their faces shining with perspiration.†
Chpt 13
- They carried it to the grave.†
Chpt 13
- Then she went back to the grave.†
Chpt 13
- 'F we leave a grave, they'll have it open in no time.†
Chpt 13
- It ain't right to leave a grave unmounded.†
Chpt 13
- He took the shovel from John and leveled the grave.†
Chpt 13
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:
- 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