All 9 Uses of
grave
in
The Bourne Ultimatum
- I'll be away for a while, visiting a place where a grave error was made.
*grave = serious and solemn
- … where a grave error was made.
- He said to call him in five or six hours-he was visiting a place where a grave error-grave?-my God, it's Rambouillet!
- He said to call him in five or six hours-he was visiting a place where a grave error-grave?-my God, it's Rambouillet!
- He'd go to his grave before giving anyone information about us.†
- Gates had made an enormous error because by acceding to the demand he had revealed the gravity of his endeavors.†
- There was nothing left for her in France but the ignominy of a tawdry grave.†
- Flanking the procession were four drummers, two on each side, their snare drums snapping out the slow cadence of the death march, erratically out of sequence because of the unexpected rocks and the unseen flat grave markers in the darkness of the bordering grass.†
- You're used to that nonexistent foot of yours, but I haven't quite adjusted to my pristine body pillared, overhanging roof of a grave so large it looked like a minor mausoleum.†
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