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

Graves said he does not promote violence, hatred or harm.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Posting on X, Graves said he was "very concerned" that staff at the affected venues had been "placed under significant pressure and distress" for "simply doing their jobs".

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

For others, including her, the data is comforting, Graves Williamson said, because it lets them know that if they don’t land the kind of job they hoped for, they are hardly alone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Graves and skeletons of members of the Erebus and the Terror were found.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler