Noun
- 1. Graves, Robert Graves, Robert Ranke Graves
- usage: English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)
Noun
- 1. Graves, Robert Graves, Robert Ranke Graves
- usage: death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"
- 2. grave, death, dying, demise
- usage: 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"
- 3. grave, tomb, topographic point, place, spot
- usage: a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
Verb
- 1. sculpt, sculpture, grave, carve
- usage: 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"
- 2. scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe, carve, chip at
- usage: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
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