graver

Everyday

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 →

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).