adj.
1.dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
2.causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
3.of great gravity or crucial import grave n.
1.death of a person
2.a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
3.a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation grave v.
1.shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
2.carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
Idiom of the Day
scare up (somebody or something) or scare (somebody or something) up
to find someone or something, to gather something with some effort
We were able to scare up some sleeping bags so that we could go camping.