grav

See also: gräv

English

Noun

grav (plural gravs)

A unit of force or acceleration equal to the standard acceleration of free fall.
- 1968, Fritz Leiber, A specter is haunting Texas:
  My heart was pounding as it pumped blood to my brain — no small job, considering my height and the gravs.
- 2009, Jack Davis, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Humbug, →ISBN, page 32:
  Proceed at a speed of four light years after accelerating thirteen gravs per millisecond.”
- 2014, Gregory Benford, Larry Niven, Shipstar: A Science Fiction Novel, →ISBN:
  . “They're small, can maneuver faster than we can,”Clare said. “Accelerating at three gravs, too.”
(science fiction) An artificial gravity generator.
- 1950, Nelson Bond, Lancelot Biggs: Spaceman, →ISBN, page 76:
  Since there is no such thing as top or bottom in space, the ship's artificial gravs hold you to the floor no matter which end of the vessel points which way.
- 2007, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Ecolitan Enigma, →ISBN:
  ... We will be going to low-gravity just before jump. Passengers should be firmly strapped in at this time." "Good," murmured Muerotte. "Cutting gravs...brace yourself.
- 2010, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Parafaith War, →ISBN:
  Trystin shut down the ventilation system and shifted the last of the power for gravs into the thrusters.
(science fiction) An anti-gravity device.
- 1992, Bill Baldwin, The Defenders:
  A starship thundered invisibly close overhead, its gravs at full lift-off power.
- 1992, Gardner Dozois, Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction Of Gardner Dozois, →ISBN, page 83:
  The orbot was a speck, a clot, a ball, a toy. It was gliding silently in on gravs, directly overhead.
- 2008, Martin Rait, FSpace Roleplaying Conspiracy Convention Skills Guide v1.1, →ISBN, page 7:
  Air cars include any vehicle which are grav powered and are capable of flying, but unlike aeroplanes they handle similar to normal ground cars.
- 2011, R Richard, Second Chance King of Avuls, →ISBN, page 7:
  I set things up for the grav sled support and the Averonian operation.
- 2011, J. E. Murphy, Sanctuary, →ISBN, page 317:
  With the gravs, I can land in ten seconds and be cutting a door for you at the same time.

Derived terms

null-grav

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf, gröf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Compare Norwegian and Swedish grav, Icelandic gröf, English grave, West Frisian grêf, Low German Graf, Graff, Dutch graf, German Grab.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡraːv/, [ɡ̊ʁɑwˀ]

Noun

grav c (singular definite graven, plural indefinite grave)

grave, tomb
pit, ditch, trench

Inflection

Declension of grav

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	grav	graven	grave	gravene
genitive	gravs	gravens	graves	gravenes

Related terms

Etymology 2

See grave.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡraːv/, [ɡ̊ʁɑwˀ]

Verb

grav

imperative of grave

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf.

Pronunciation

Homophone: grave

Noun

grav f or m (definite singular grava or graven, indefinite plural graver, definite plural gravene)

a grave (place of burial)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

grav

imperative of grave

References

“grav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡrɑːʋ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf. Akin to English grave.

Noun

grav f (definite singular grava, indefinite plural graver, definite plural gravene)

a grave (place of burial)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

grav

imperative of grava

References

“grav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French grave, Latin gravis. Compare the inherited doublet greu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡrav/
Audio: (file)

Adjective

grav m or n (feminine singular gravă, masculine plural gravi, feminine and neuter plural grave)

Declension

		masculine	feminine	masculine	neuter
		singular		plural
nominative- accusative	indefinite	grav	gravă	gravi	grave
nominative- accusative	definite	gravul	grava	gravii	gravele
genitive- dative	indefinite	grav	grave	gravi	grave
genitive- dative	definite	gravului	gravei	gravilor	gravelor

Synonyms

(serious, grave): serios, solemn
(important, critical): important, critic
(stern): sever

Related terms

Adverb

grav

gravely

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡrɑːv/
Audio (Gotland); “en grav”: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːv

Etymology 1

From Old Norse grǫf, gröf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Compare Norwegian and Danish grav, Icelandic gröf, English grave, Dutch graf, German Grab.

Alternative forms

graf (obsolete)

Noun

grav c

a grave
Synonym: (archaic) grift

Declension

Declension of **grav**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	grav	gravs
singular	definite	graven	gravens
plural	indefinite	gravar	gravars
plural	definite	gravarna	gravarnas

Derived terms

från vaggan till graven (“from the cradle to the grave”)
gravallvarlig (“dead serious”)
gravsten (“tombstone, headstone, gravestone”)
gräva sin egen grav (“dig one's own grave”)
gå i graven (“cease to exist”)
stå med ena foten i graven (“have one foot in the grave”)
ta med sig något i graven (“take something to the grave”)
vända sig i graven (“turn in one's grave”)

Related terms

Etymology 2

From French grave. Compare English grave.

Adjective

grav (comparative gravare, superlative gravast)

severe, as in a mistake or a congenital disorder
grave (accent)

Declension

Inflection of **grav**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	grav	gravare	gravast
neuter singular	gravt	gravare	gravast
plural	grava	gravare	gravast
masculine plural²	grave	gravare	gravast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	grave	gravare	gravaste
all	grava	gravare	gravaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

Anagrams

varg