Graven

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grave \Grave\, v. t. [imp. {Graved} (gr[=a]vd); p. p. {Graven}
     (gr[=a]v"'n) or {Graved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Graving}.] [AS.
     grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D.
     graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan. grabe, Sw.
     gr[aum]fva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra`fein to
     write, E. graphic. Cf. {Grave}, n., {Grove}, n.]


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     1. To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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              He hath graven and digged up a pit.   --Ps. vii. 16
                                                    (Book of
                                                    Common
                                                    Prayer).
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     2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard
        substance; to engrave.
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              Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them
              the names of the children of Israel.  --Ex. xxviii.
                                                    9.
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     3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel;
        to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
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              With gold men may the hearte grave.   --Chaucer.
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     4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
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              O! may they graven in thy heart remain. --Prior.
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     5. To entomb; to bury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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              Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Graven \Grav"en\, p. p. of {Grave}, v. t.
     Carved.
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     {Graven image}, an idol; an object of worship carved from
        wood, stone, etc. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any
        graven image." --Ex. xx. 4.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  graven
       See {grave}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grave
       adj 1: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to
              keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet
              sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn
              promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced
              sentence" [syn: {sedate}, {sober}, {solemn}]
       2: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a
          dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave
          illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a
          serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a
          life-threatening disease" [syn: {dangerous}, {grievous}, {serious},
           {severe}, {life-threatening}]
       3: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious
          thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision
          in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters
          of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the
          peace conference" [syn: {grievous}, {heavy}, {weighty}]
       n 1: death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving
            me"; "from cradle to grave"
       2: a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the
          ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his
          mother's grave" [syn: {tomb}]
       3: a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
          [syn: {grave accent}]
       v 1: shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at
            it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image
            of her husband" [syn: {sculpt}, {sculpture}]
       2: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a
          pen"; "engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup"
          [syn: {engrave}, {inscribe}]
       [also: {graven}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  graven
       adj 1: cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured
              representations" [syn: {sculpted}, {sculptured}]
       2: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design";
          "engraved invitations" [syn: {engraved}, {etched}, {incised},
           {inscribed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "graven":
     anaglyphic, anaglyptic, anastatic, carved, ceroplastic, chased,
     confirmed, creased, cut, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed,
     deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set,
     deep-settled, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, enchased,
     engrafted, engraved, engraven, entrenched, established, etched,
     firmly established, furrowed, glyphic, glyptic, graved, grooved,
     hammered, implanted, impressed, imprinted, in relief, incised,
     indelibly impressed, infixed, ingrained, ingrown, inscribed,
     insculptured, inveterate, inwrought, lined, long-established,
     marked, modeled, molded, old-line, on a rock, on bedrock, printed,
     rooted, sculpted, sculptile, sculptured, set, settled, stabilized,
     stamped, tooled, toreutic, vested, well-established, well-founded,
     well-grounded, well-set, well-settled