# graves

Pronunciation: say "GRAYVZ" /ɡɹeɪvz/

## Noun

1. Plural of grave. — plural of grave
   - Simple: Plural of grave. Use this form when talking about more than one grave.
   - _Vandals damaged several graves in the cemetery overnight._
   - _The graves near the chapel dated back to the seventeenth century._
3. Alternative form of greaves; the sediment left from melted tallow. — Alternative form of greaves; the sediment of melted tallow.
   - Simple: Alternative form of greaves: the bits left at the bottom when fat is melted down.
   - _The graves left from rendering the tallow were pressed into cakes for the dogs._
   - _Workers skimmed the graves from the surface of the boiling fat._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of grave. The verb is now rare. *(obsolete)* — third-person singular simple present indicative of grave
   - Simple: The form of grave used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun. An old word meaning carves.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/graves (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).