What is the meaning of Graves?

noun

• Death of a person.
  • usage: "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"
  • synonyms: grave
• A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone. )
  • usage: "he put flowers on his mother's grave"
  • synonyms: grave, tomb
• A mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation.
  • synonyms: grave accent, grave
• English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985.
  • synonyms: Robert Graves, Robert Ranke Graves

verb

• Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it.
  • usage: "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
  • synonyms: sculpt, sculpture, grave
• Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface.
  • usage: "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
  • synonyms: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe