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