All 5 Uses of
grave
in
Red: The Heroic Rescue
- The news I'm about to deliver is of the gravest kind.†
Chpt 27 *gravest = most important or most serious
- What words of wisdom could even Elyon himself offer in a moment of such gravity?†
Chpt 1
- They were still useless on flat ground, but they did heave big rocks far enough over a cliff to make good use of gravity.†
Chpt 3
- She ran to the kitchen basin, lowered it under the reed, and released the gravity-drawn water by lifting a small lever that stopped the flow.†
Chpt 12
- Mikil had sent out two groups of scouts, but none had yet reported any grave threat.†
Chpt 22
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 rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too 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