n An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
n Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
n (by extension) Death, destruction.
n (by extension) Deceased people; the dead.
v (transitive, obsolete) To dig.
v (intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
v (transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
v (intransitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
v (transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
v (intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
adj Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.
adj Low in pitch, tone etc.
adj Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
adj (phonology, dated, of a sound) Dull, produced in the middle or back of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
adj (obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative.
n A grave accent.
n (historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.
v (transitive, obsolete, nautical) 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.
n A surname.