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

Michale Graves - best known as a former frontman of the US punk band Misfits - had been due to take to the stage at The Marrs Bar in Worcester on Friday night.

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

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

Robert Graves, badly wounded in the Battle of the Somme, had been posted back to England.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman