graver

noun

grav·​er ˈgrā-vər How to pronounce graver (audio)
1
: sculptor, engraver
2
: any of various cutting or shaving tools used in graving or in hand metal-turning

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And while the lighter episodes have dealt with some serious matters and weighty emotions between the comic beats, the graver episodes have been, well, pretty grave. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025 The longer the Strait of Hormuz remains impassable, the graver the implications for the global economy. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026 For all the foreign interference, Fontes, a Democrat, sees a graver problem originating from within. — Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024 The longer the crisis lasts, the graver the danger that militants with links to al Qaeda or ISIS—which hold sway on several other African battlefields—move in. — Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for graver

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Etymology

Middle English

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of graver was in the 13th century

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