Grave
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An accent used in French, Italian and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent. An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: death; destruction.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc. Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face. Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key. Slow and solemn in movement.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To dig. Chaucer. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly. To entomb; to bury. —Chaucer. 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. To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
Example sentence: Our world faces many grave challenges: Widening conflicts and inequality. Extreme weather and deadly intolerance. Security threats - including nuclear weapons. We have the tools and wealth to overcome these challenges. All we need is the will.
Sculpture
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, professionally performed by a sculptorA work of art created by sculpting; such works as a group
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.To represent something in sculpture.To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.
Example sentence: What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.