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Grave

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.

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Critical 84% connected

Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

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Critical 84% connected

Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Important 84% connected

Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.

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Serious 84% connected

Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

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Serious 84% connected

Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

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Verb group 6

Engrave 84% connected

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

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Engrave 84% connected

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

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Etch 84% connected

A variant of Eddish.

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Etch 84% connected

A variant of Eddish.

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Sculpture 84% connected

The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, t…

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Sculpture 84% connected

The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, t…

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Broader term 7

Accent 76% connected

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

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Carve 76% connected

To cut.

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Death 76% connected

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

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Demise 76% connected

Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal author…

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Dying 76% connected

of Die

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Spot 76% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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Manner of action 1

Character 76% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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Narrower term 3

Sepulcher 76% connected

Alt. of Sepulchre

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Sepulchre 76% connected

The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb.

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Sepulture 76% connected

The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.

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Carver 74% connected

One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc.

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Carver 74% connected

One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc.

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Carving 74% connected

of Carve

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Carving 74% connected

of Carve

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Graveness 74% connected

The quality of being grave.

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Graveness 74% connected

The quality of being grave.

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Gravity 74% connected

The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.

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Gravity 74% connected

The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.

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Sculpture 74% connected

The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, t…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sculpture 74% connected

The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, t…

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Component part 3

Gravestone 70% connected

A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.

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Headstone 70% connected

The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.

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Tombstone 70% connected

A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased.

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Synonym 14

Dangerous 92% connected

Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

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Engrave 92% connected

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grievous 92% connected

Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Heavy 92% connected

Having the heaves.

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Inscribe 92% connected

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

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Scratch 92% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Sculpture 92% connected

The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sedate 92% connected

Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Serious 92% connected

Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Severe 92% connected

Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.

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Sober 92% connected

Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.

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Solemn 92% connected

Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.

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Tomb 92% connected

A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.

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Weighty 92% connected

Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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