All 8 Uses of
grave
in
Nineteen Minutes
- A dream,' the reporter said gravely, 'that will never come to pass.'†
Chpt 1 *gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- Meredith Vieira stared gravely into the camera, having perfected the demeanor for a national tragedy.†
Chpt 1
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- She could feel the spin of gravity, the pressure that held her back in her chair; she saw purses and coats and carry-on luggage burst out of the overhead compartments to fall into the aisle.†
Chpt 1
- That I'll forget my daughter is lying in a grave, while some psychopath is still alive and well.'†
Chpt 1
- At the first grave, Lewis knelt and placed a rose on the soil.†
Chpt 1
- She knew that the violently blue hydrangea bush was halfway to Matt's grave; that you could smell honeysuckle when you were only steps away from it.†
Chpt 2
- You couldn't see Matt's grave from the gates, but it was still there-just like everything else about That Day.†
Chpt 2 *
- She had forgotten to move the plant, though, and half the shoots started straining toward the light, growing in an unlikely sideways direction that seemed to defy gravity.†
Chpt 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) 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