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# graver

adjective (grave, graver, gravest); noun (a graver — tool)

«graver» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Graver means more serious or more worrying: a graver danger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graver/#m1)
2. A graver is a sharp tool for cutting lines into metal, wood or stone (an engraving tool). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graver/#m2)

### In the lessons

Formal writing and news (a graver problem), doctors' talk, art and craft (engraving).

### Examples

- The flood was a graver danger than the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graver/#x1)
- The doctor's face grew graver. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graver/#x2)
- Nothing could be graver than lying under oath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graver/#x3)
- The artist cut the lines with a graver. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graver/#x4)
- The situation is graver than we thought. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graver/#x5)
- Lying would only make things graver. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graver/#x6)
- For she had also been wise, and lack-ing her guidance, all grave affairs seemed graver, shadowing each day and going with him to the pillow at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graver/#x7)

### Note

Comparative of grave (serious): grave, graver, gravest. Not related in meaning to a «grave» for burial (same spelling, different word).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «graver» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graver/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«graver» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/graver.html) on Mova free.