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Graves

noun

1.

English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985). Synonyms: Robert Graves, Robert Ranke Graves.

Graf

noun

1.

German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969). Synonyms: Steffi Graf, Stephanie Graf.

Grave

noun

1.

Death of a person. "From cradle to grave"

2.

A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone). Synonym: tomb.

3.

A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation. Synonym: grave accent.

verb

(past graved; past part. graven; pres. part. graving)

1.

Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it. Synonyms: sculpt, sculpture.

2.

Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface. Synonyms: engrave, inscribe, scratch. "Engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's" , "The lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"

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"Graves" Quotes from Famous Books

... surprised in a short time by the King stopping his carriage. Those which followed, of course stopped also. The King called a groom, and said to him, "You see that little eminence; there are crosses; it must certainly be a burying-ground; go and see whether there are any graves newly dug." The groom galloped up to it, returned, and said to the King, "There are three quite freshly made." Madame de Pompadour, as she told me, turned away her head with ...

— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre

... Dunkirk. It was towards sunset, on a warm day in the month of October, that Mr. Green, after strolling some distance from the Hotel de Leon, entered a burial ground and wandered long alone among the silent dead, gazing upon the many green graves and marble tombstones of those who once moved on the theatre of busy life, and whose sounds of gaiety once fell upon the ear of man. All nature around was hushed in silence, and seemed to partake of the general melancholy which hung over the quiet ...

— Three Years in Europe - Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met • William Wells Brown

... rest. He who rebelled in the beginning and fought against God is bound, and Christ is sole King of the earth. His laws go to the ends thereof, and all nations must obey them. The Saints are building holy places, and working for the living and the dead. No graves are now made, as the bodies of the Saints do not sleep in the dust. Thus it will go on until the thousand years are ended. Then Satan will be loosed for a little season; but his time will be short. Then comes the last great scene. The Lord will ...

— Added Upon - A Story • Nephi Anderson

... had seemed to look into the very ruins of his soul. That was the only way she could express it. It was as though he and she had been looking at two sides of the same thing, and the side she had seen had been all light and life, and his a place of graves... ...

— The Reef • Edith Wharton

... bush, and up Chinaman's Creek, past "the Chinamen's Graves," and through the scrub and over the ridges for the Talbragar Road. For he had to see Jack Denver home from start ...

— The Rising of the Court • Henry Lawson

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