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Results for: "grave"

Translating from English to Walloon

Translations:

grave — excavation for burial
→ tombe f

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (3)

1. death of a person;
- Example: "he went to his grave without forgiving me"
- Example: "from cradle to grave"

2. a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone);
- Example: "he put flowers on his mother's grave"
[syn: grave, tomb]

3. a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation;
[syn: grave accent, grave]


VERB (2)

1. shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it;
- Example: "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
[syn: sculpt, sculpture, grave]

2. carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface;
- Example: "engrave a pen"
- Example: "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"
- Example: "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
[syn: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises;
- Example: "a grave God-fearing man"
- Example: "a quiet sedate nature"
- Example: "as sober as a judge"
- Example: "a solemn promise"
- Example: "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"
[syn: grave, sedate, sober, solemn]

2. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;
- Example: "a dangerous operation"
- Example: "a grave situation"
- Example: "a grave illness"
- Example: "grievous bodily harm"
- Example: "a serious wound"
- Example: "a serious turn of events"
- Example: "a severe case of pneumonia"
- Example: "a life-threatening disease"
[syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening]

3. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;
- Example: "grave responsibilities"
- Example: "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"
- Example: "a grievous fault"
- Example: "heavy matters of state"
- Example: "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"
[syn: grave, grievous, heavy, weighty]