Graves

¹ American  

[grahv, grav] / grɑv, grav /

noun

1. a wine-growing district in Gironde department, in SW France.

2. a dry, red or white table wine produced in this region.

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Graves ² American  

[greyvz] / greɪvz /

noun

1. Morris, 1910–2001, U.S. painter.

2. Robert (Ranke) 1895–1985, English poet, novelist, and critic.

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Graves ¹ British  

/ ɡrɑːv /

noun

1. (sometimes not capital) a white or red wine from the district around Bordeaux, France

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Graves ² British  

/ ɡreɪvz /

noun

1. Robert ( Ranke ). 1895–1985, English poet, novelist, and critic, whose works include his World War I autobiography, Goodbye to All That (1929), and the historical novels I, Claudius (1934) and Claudius the God (1934)

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Example Sentences

Transportation chair Sam Graves said he is ready for his ‘next chapter,’ pulling his re-election paperwork.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“Some people are like, ‘I am not going to look at the graphs, the graphs don’t exist for me until May,’” said Danielle Graves Williamson, a Boston University doctoral student who is on the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Graves said the county had 43 applications for the role and interviewed nine candidates.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Founded in 1996 by Todd Graves and Craig Silvey, who pitched an idea for a chicken restaurant in a college business class, Raising Cane’s has grown to almost 1,000 locations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

His name was Captain Graves, and he was meaner than Old Lady Ellis.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney