- 4. (Mus.) Deep, not acute, low in pitch.
Grave-clothes, n. pl. Shroud, winding-sheet, cerements.
Gravel, n. Sand, grit, small pebbles.
Gravel, v. a.
- 1. Cover with gravel.
- 2. Puzzle, embarrass, perplex, bewilder, stagger, pose, nonplus, put out.
Graver, n.
- 1. Engraver.
- 2. Burin, engraving tool.
Graveyard, n. Cemetery, necropolis, mortuary, churchyard, burial-ground, burying-ground, God’s Acre.
Gravitate, v. n. Tend by gravity.
Gravitation, n. Gravity, centripetal force, attraction of gravitation.
Gravity, n.
- 1. Heaviness, weight.
- 2. Gravitation, centripetal force, attraction of gravitation.
- 3. Sobriety, seriousness, sedateness, thoughtfulness, demureness.
- 4. Importance, moment, momentousness, weightiness, seriousness.
Gray, a. [Written also Grey.]
- 1. Hoary, black and white, ashen, ash-colored, grizzled.
- 2. Gray-haired, gray-headed.
Grayish, a. Grizzly, grizzled, somewhat gray.
Grayling, n. Umber (Thymallus vulgaris).