graver
part of speech
adjective (grave, graver, gravest); noun (a graver — tool)
meaning for a pupil
1) Graver means more serious or more worrying: a graver danger. tree →
2) A graver is a sharp tool for cutting lines into metal, wood or stone (an engraving tool). tree →
sense 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 →
- The doctor's face grew graver. tree →
- Nothing could be graver than lying under oath. tree →
- The artist cut the lines with a graver. tree →
- The situation is graver than we thought. tree →
- Lying would only make things graver. tree →
- 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 →
note
Comparative of grave (serious): grave, graver, gravest. Not related in meaning to a «grave» for burial (same spelling, different word).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «graver» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.