graves

Noun

• English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)
• death of a person
• a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
• a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
• German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969)
• plural of grave
• Alternative form of greaves; the sediment of melted tallow.

Verb

• shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
• carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
• third-person singular simple present indicative of grave

Synonyms

engrave, Graf, grave, grave accent, inscribe, Robert Graves, Robert Ranke Graves, scratch, sculpt, sculpture, Steffi Graf, Stephanie Graf, tomb

Related Words

list in greaves