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

“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

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

Sir Geoffrey and Graves both gave eulogies and a poem by local poet Ian McMillan was read out.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

The invited guests also included Yorkshire chair Colin Graves and former director of cricket Martyn Moxon, the sports commentator John Helm and the ex-sports minister Richard Caborn.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 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