Clues for the word "GRAVE"
We've had 54 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 121 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on February 04, 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.
Referring Clues
- Critical
- See 1-Down
- Like some accents
- Like the accent in "crème"
- Zombie's "home"
- Weighty
- Accent type
- Very serious
- Solemn
- Somber
- Serious
- Burial plot
- Final resting place
- Not to be taken lightly
- Tombstone's place
- Dark to Donne
- From beyond the ___
- Zombie's starting point
- Kind of accent
- Burial place
- Place of burial
- Serious and solemn
- Don McLean lyric "The ___ that they dug him had flowers"
- Soul Asylum "___ Dancers Union"
- Serious start on galvanising party
- German party is subdued
- Wine running short? That's serious
- Stiff in one's hole?
- Serious plot
- See 14
- Acute accent
- Solemn - burial place
- To be lying here, it's serious!
- Seriously good shindig?
- Reserved burial place
- Resting place
- Heavy accent
- Mark in "vis-à-vis"
- Using 22 across 26, I'm not quick if my name's on it!
- Sombre burial place
- Some taking ravens to the vet will be serious!
- Weighty mass of small stones reduced
- Important accent
- Serious accent
- See 25
- Head of state leaving wine district very sober
- Serious plot in churchyard
- What may be dug up by some robbers
- Seriously solemn
- Dire
- Crème brûlée ingredient
- Considerable
- Accent ___
- Acute ... or the opposite of acute
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - February 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - November 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 26, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 17, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 11, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 10, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 10, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 13, 2025
- Daily American - October 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 22, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - April 21, 2024
- New York Times - November 04, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - October 01, 2023
- Your Life Choices - July 19, 2023
- Daily Quick - July 17, 2023
- Daily Quick - July 11, 2023
- New York Times - June 29, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 10, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - April 09, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - January 26, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - December 30, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - December 08, 2022
- LA Times - October 15, 2022
- Daily American - October 06, 2022
- Your Life Choices - October 04, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - September 30, 2022
- New York Times - December 12, 2021
- Guardian Cryptic - January 06, 2018
- And in 91 more crossword puzzles...