All 14 Uses of
grave
in
Faust -- translated by Brooks
- The joy-feasts of the fathers thou hast brightened,
The hearts of gravest guests were lightened,
When, pledged, from hand to hand they saw thee pass.†Chpt Allgravest = most important or most serious
- But hereby hangs a grave condition, Of this we'll talk when next we meet; But for the present I entreat Most urgently your kind dismission.
Chpt All *grave = serious and solemn
- Cradle and grave—
A limitless deep—
An endless weaving
To and fro,
A restless heaving
Of life and glow,—
So shape I, on Destiny's thundering loom,
The Godhead's live garment, eternal in bloom.†Chpt All
- Has the grave's lowly one
Risen victorious?†Chpt All
- I'm none of your magnates, I grant thee;
Yet if thou art willing, my friend,
Through life to jog on beside me,
Thy pleasure in all things shall guide me,
To thee will I bind me,
A friend thou shalt find me,
And, e'en to the grave,
Shalt make me thy servant, make me thy slave!†Chpt All
- My worthy Master Gravity,
Let not a word of the Law be spoken!†Chpt All
- There was a king in Thule,
To whom, when near her grave,
The mistress he loved so truly
A golden goblet gave.†Chpt All
- All but one weighty, grave request!†
Chpt All
- 'Twill do in youth's tumultuous maze
To wander round the world, a careless rover;
But soon will come the evil days,
And then, a lone dry stick, on the grave's brink to hover,
For that nobody ever prays.†Chpt All
- Her chamber is your destination,
And not the grave, I guess.†Chpt All
- While him I crave,
Each place is the grave,
The world is all
Turned into gall.†Chpt All
- I'm going home now through the grave
To God, a soldier and a brave.†Chpt All
- If the grave is there,
If death is lurking; then come!†Chpt All
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The blade that quivers behind me,
Quivers at every neck with convulsive shock;
Dumb lies the world as the grave!†Chpt All
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