grave
/ɡɹeɪv/ noun C2- A count, prefect, or person holding office.
Plural graves
From the library
(It was this last remark that had made the whole party look so grave and anxious.)
“The trial cannot proceed,” said the King in a very grave voice, “until all the jurymen are back in their proper places—_all_,” he repeated with great emphasis, looking hard at Alice as he said so.
They were buried in the one grave and their funeral was most imposing, Diana.
You don’t think much about romance when you have just escaped from a watery grave.
Other matches
Learn grave in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.