Clues for the word "GRAVE"

We've had 54 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 125 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on April 22, 2026.

Definition of grave

v. t. - To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
superl. - Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.
superl. - Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.
superl. - Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.
superl. - Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.
superl. - Slow and solemn in movement.
n. - To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
n. - To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
n. - To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
n. - To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
n. - To entomb; to bury.
v. i. - To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
n. - An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.