grave vs heavy what difference

what is difference between grave and heavy

English

Pronunciation

enPR: grāv, IPA^(key): /ɡɹeɪv/
Rhymes: -eɪv

Etymology 1

From Middle English grave, grafe, from Old English græf, grafu (“cave, grave, trench”), from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).

Cognate with West Frisian grêf (“grave”), Dutch graf (“grave”), Low German Graf (“a grave”), Graff, German Grab (“grave”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian grav (“grave”), Icelandic gröf (“grave”). Related to groove.

Noun

grave (plural graves)

An excavation in the earth as a place of burial
- He had lain in the grave four days.
- 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert (author), Madame Bovary, Part III, Chapter X:
  They reached the cemetery. The men went right down to a place in the grass where a grave was dug. They ranged themselves all round; and while the priest spoke, the red soil thrown up at the sides kept noiselessly slipping down at the corners.
Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
(by extension) Death, destruction.
(by extension) Deceased people; the dead.

Derived terms

Related terms

groove

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English graven, from Old English grafan (“to dig, dig up, grave, engrave, carve, chisel”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Dutch graven (“to dig”), German graben (“to dig”), Danish grave (“to dig”), Swedish gräva (“to dig”), Icelandic grafa (“to dig”).

Verb

grave (third-person singular simple present graves, present participle graving, simple past graved or grove, past participle graved or graven)

(transitive, obsolete) To dig.
- He hath graven and digged up a pit.
(intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
- Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel.
- a. 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Requiem”
  This be the verse you grave for me / “Here he lies where he longs to be”
(transitive, obsolete) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
to grave an image
- With gold, men may the herte grave.
(intransitive, obsolete) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
- O! may they graven in thy heart remain.
(transitive, obsolete) To entomb; to bury.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act III, Scene ii^[5]:
  […] And lie full low, graved in the hollow ground.
(intransitive, obsolete) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

Related terms

begrave
engrave

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle French grave, a learned borrowing from Latin gravis (“heavy, important”). Compare Old French greve (“terrible, dreadful”). Doublet of grief.

Adjective

grave (comparative graver, superlative gravest)

Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful. [from 16th c.]
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, scene 1, Mercutio:
Synonyms: sober, solemn, sombre, sedate, serious, staid
Low in pitch, tone etc. [from 17th c.]
Antonym: acute
- 1854, John Weeks Moore, Encyclopedia of Music:
  The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone.
Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable. [from 19th c.]
Synonyms: serious, momentous, important
(obsolete) Influential, important; authoritative. [16th-18th c.]

Synonyms

weightsome, sweer

(unsorted by sense): sage, demure, thoughtful, weighty

Translations

Noun

grave (plural graves)

A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).

Translations

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to Dutch graaf, German Graf”)

Noun

grave (plural graves)

(historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.

Related terms

burgrave
landgrave
margrave
palsgrave
waldgrave

Etymology 5

Verb

grave (third-person singular simple present graves, present participle graving, simple past and past participle graved)

(transitive, obsolete, nautical) To clean, as a vessel’s bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.

Related terms

graving dock

Anagrams

Gaver

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡraːvə/, [ˈɡ̊ʁɑːvə]

Etymology 1

From Italian grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy, grave”).

Adverb

grave

(music) grave (low in pitch, tone etc.)
accent grave – accent grave, grave accent

Etymology 2

From Old Norse grafa (“to dig, bury”), from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).

Verb

grave (imperative grav, infinitive at grave, present tense graver, past tense gravede, perfect tense har gravet)

dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

See grav (“grave, tomb, pit”).

Noun

grave c

indefinite plural of grav

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

grave

(archaic) singular present subjunctive of graven

Anagrams

verga, vrage

Esperanto

Adverb

grave

seriously, gravely

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʁav/

Etymology 1

From Middle French grave, borrowed from Latin gravis. Doublet of grief.

Adjective

grave (plural graves)

serious
solemn
low-pitched
Antonym: aigu
(phonetics) back
- 1911 April, “Quelques mots sur la pronunciation des lettres Turques” in Dictionnaire turc-français[7]:

Derived terms

accent grave
gravement
l’heure est grave

Related terms

gravissime
gravitation
gravité

Descendants

→ Norwegian Bokmål: grave

Adverb

grave

(informal, slang) much; a lot

Etymology 2

Verb

grave

first-person singular present indicative of graver
third-person singular present indicative of graver
first-person singular present subjunctive of graver
third-person singular present subjunctive of graver
second-person singular imperative of graver

Anagrams

gaver

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gravis. Doublet of greve.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.ve/

Adjective

grave (plural gravi, superlative gravissimo)

grave, serious
heavy
solemn
(music) low-pitched, low-pitch

Synonyms

importante
pesante
austero
serio

Antonyms

acuto

Related terms

gravemente
gravare
gravezza
gravità
gravoso

Descendants

→ Danish: grave

Anagrams

Verga, verga

Latin

Adjective

grave

nominative neuter singular of gravis
accusative neuter singular of gravis
vocative neuter singular of gravis

References

grave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
grave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
grave in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[8]

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English græf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą.

Alternative forms

graf, grafe, grawe, graffe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡraːv/, /ɡrav/

Noun

grave (plural graves)

grave, burial
tomb, mausoleum

Derived terms

gravestone
graven

Descendants

English: grave
Scots: grave, grawe, graive, graiwe, greawe

References

“grāve, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡraːvɛi̯/, /ˈɡraːveː/

Noun

grave (plural graves)

Alternative form of gravey

Etymology 3

Noun

grave

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of grove

Middle French

Alternative forms

greve

Etymology

From Old French grave.

Noun

grave f (plural graves)

gravel

Descendants

French: grave
- → Norwegian Bokmål: grave

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (grave)

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German grāfo, grāvo, grāfio, grāvio (“count, local judge”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡraːvə/

Noun

grâve m

count, local judge

Declension

Derived terms

burcgrâve
göugrâve

Descendants

German: Graf

References

“grâve” Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Wilhelm Müller, and Friedrich Zarncke. Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke. Vol. 1. S. Hirzel, 1863.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”).

Verb

grave (imperative grav, present tense graver, passive graves, simple past gravde or grov, past participle gravd, present participle gravende)

to dig

Etymology 2

From French grave (“serious, low-pitched; back”), from Middle French grave, from Old French grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy, grave, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”), from *gʷreh₂- (“heavy”) + *-us (forms adjectives).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑːʋ/
Rhymes: -ɑːʋ
Hyphenation: grave
Homophone: grav

Noun

grave m (definite singular graven, indefinite plural graver, definite plural gravene)

Only used in accent grave (“grave accent”)

References

“grave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“grave” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

grave (present tense grev, past tense grov, past participle grave, passive infinitive gravast, present participle gravande, imperative grav)

Alternative form of grava

Derived terms

gullgraving
utgraving

Old French

Alternative forms

greve

Etymology

Medieval Latin grava, from Gaulish *grawa, *growa, from Proto-Celtic *grāwā, related to Cornish grow (“gravel”), Breton grouan, and Welsh gro (“gravel”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr-eu-d-.

Noun

grave f (oblique plural graves, nominative singular grave, nominative plural graves)

gravel

Descendants

Middle French: grave
- French: grave
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: grave

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (grave)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾa.ve/
Hyphenation: cra‧ve
Rhymes: -avi, -avɨ

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy; grave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us.

Adjective

grave m or f (plural graves, comparable)

serious; grave (having possible severe negative consequences)
Synonyms: sério, severo
(of sound) low-pitched; grave (low in pitch or tone)
Synonym: baixo
grave; serious; sombre; austere; solemn (characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness)
Synonyms: sério, austero, circunspeto, sisudo, solene
(archaic, physics) that falls down; that doesn’t float

Inflection

Antonyms

(low-pitched): agudo

Derived terms

gravemente

Noun

grave m or f (in variation) (plural graves)

(music) a low-pitched note

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

grave

first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of gravar
third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of gravar
third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of gravar
third-person singular (você) negative imperative of gravar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾabe/, [ˈɡɾa.β̞e]
Homophone: grabe

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish grave, from Latin gravis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us. Cf. also the attested Old Spanish form grieve, from a Vulgar Latin variant *grevis, which was more common in other Romance-speaking areas.

Adjective

grave (plural graves) (superlative gravísimo)

serious, grave
bass (sound)
Synonym: bajo
Antonym: agudo
solemn
(phonetics) paroxytone; stressed in the penultimate syllable
Synonym: llano
Coordinate terms: agudo, esdrújulo, sobresdrújulo

Derived terms

Related terms

gravar
gravedad
gravitar

Descendants

→ Tagalog: grabe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

grave

Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of gravar.
First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of gravar.
Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of gravar.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of gravar.

Anagrams

verga

References

Swedish

Adjective

grave

absolute definite natural masculine singular of grav.

Anagrams

avger

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian grava, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡraːvə/

Verb

grave

to dig

Inflection

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English hevy, heviȝ, from Old English hefiġ, hefeġ, hæfiġ (“heavy; important, grave, severe, serious; oppressive, grievous; slow, dull”), from Proto-West Germanic *habīg (“heavy, hefty, weighty”), from Proto-Germanic *habīgaz (“heavy, hefty, weighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, grasp, hold”).

Pronunciation

enPR: hevʹi
(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛ.vi/
(General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.vi/
Rhymes: -ɛvi

Adjective

heavy (comparative heavier, superlative heaviest)

(of a physical object) Having great weight.
(of a topic) Serious, somber.
Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
  Sent hither by my Husband to impart the heavy news.
(Britain, slang, dated) Good.
(dated, late 1960s, 1970s, US) Profound.
(of a rate of flow) High, great.
- 1998, Stanley George Clayton, “”Menstruation” in Encyclopedia Britannica
  The ovarian response to gonadotropic hormones may be erratic at first, so that irregular or heavy bleeding sometimes occurs
(slang) Armed.
(music) Louder, more distorted.
(of weather) Hot and humid.
(of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
(of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
  The surf was not heavy, and there was no undertow, so we made shore easily, effecting an equally easy landing.
Laden to a great extent.
Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- 1613, William Browne, Britannia’s Pastorals
  Seating himselfe within a darkesome cave, / (Such places heavy Saturnists doe crave,) / Where yet the gladsome day was never seene […]
Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- a heavy, dull, degenerate mind
- Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it cannot hear.
Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
a heavy road; a heavy soil
Not raised or leavened.
(of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
(obsolete) With child; pregnant.
(physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
(petroleum) Having high viscosity.

Synonyms

sweer/swear

Antonyms

light

Derived terms

Pages starting with “heavy”.

Related terms

heave
heft

Translations

Adverb

heavy (comparative more heavy, superlative most heavy)

In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.
heavy laden with their sins
(colloquial, nonstandard) To a great degree; greatly.
(India, colloquial) very

Derived terms

hang heavy
heavy-laden

Noun

heavy (plural heavies or heavys)

A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.
(slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.
(journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- 1973, Allen Hutt, The changing newspaper (page 151)
  The comment may be offered here that the ‘heavies’ have been the Design Award’s principal scorers, both in the overall bronze plaque days and, since, in the Daily/Sunday Class 1.
- 2006, Richard Keeble, The Newspapers Handbook
  Reviewers in the heavies aim to impress with the depth of their knowledge and appreciation.
(Should we move, merge or split⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft. (The term heavy normally follows the call-sign when used by air traffic controllers.)

Derived terms

brain heavy
dog heavy

Translations

Verb

heavy (third-person singular simple present heavies, present participle heavying, simple past and past participle heavied)

(often with “up”) To make heavier. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
To sadden. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses.
- 1985, Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives Weekly Hansard, Issue 11, Part 1, page 1570,
  […] the Prime Minister sought to evade the simple fact that he heavied Mr Reid to get rid of Dr Armstrong.
- 2001, Finola Moorhead, Darkness More Visible, Spinifex Press, Australia, page 557,
  But he is on the wrong horse, heavying me. My phone′s tapped. Well, he won′t find anything.
- 2005, David Clune, Ken Turner (editors), The Premiers of New South Wales, 1856-2005, Volume 3: 1901-2005, page 421,
  But the next two days of the Conference also produced some very visible lobbying for the succession and apparent heavying of contenders like Brereton, Anderson and Mulock – much of it caught on television.

Etymology 2

heave +‎ -y

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhiːvi/

Adjective

heavy (comparative more heavy, superlative most heavy)

Having the heaves.
a heavy horse

References

heavy at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Havey, Yahve

German

Etymology

From English heavy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛvi/

Adjective

heavy (not comparable)

(predicative, colloquial, probably slightly dated) heavy; intense; serious; shocking (extraordinary, especially in a bad way)
Synonyms: heftig, krass, nicht ohne, ein starkes Stück

Spanish

Etymology

From English heavy (metal).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxebi/, [ˈxe.β̞i]

Adjective

heavy (plural heavys)

heavy (pertaining to heavy metal)
heavy (intense)
(Dominican Republic, informal) cool

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