GRAVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does graver mean? 

• GRAVER (noun)
  The noun GRAVER has 1 sense:

1. a tool used by an engraver

  Familiarity information: GRAVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tool used by an engraver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

graver; graving tool; pointel; pointrel

Hypernyms ("graver" is a kind of...):

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graver"):

scauper; scorper (a graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal)

 Context examples 

“You seemed interested last night, Mr. Holmes, so I thought perhaps you would be glad to be present now that the affair has taken a very much graver turn.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So I said, in a graver manner than any of us had yet assumed: She is as virtuous as she is pretty.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

My friend’s face grew graver still.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After the first chat of pleasure he was silent; and then, in a graver tone, began with, I have something to tell you, Emma; some news.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“I suppose I am graver than other people,” said Fanny.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

“How many have you in your train?” asked the prince, assuming a graver mien.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

From what you have told me I think that it is possible that graver issues hang from it than might at first sight appear.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had been graver than usual of late, but very pleasant, and when jokingly accused of turning over a new leaf, he answered soberly, "So I am, and I mean this one shall stay turned."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I could tell by my companion’s graver face that he also had seen.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I did as she bade me—rewarding myself afterwards for my obedience—and she charmed me out of my graver character for I don't know how long.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)