Engrave

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy.
  • v. To carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into: engraved the silver watch with my monogram.
  • v. To carve, cut, or etch into a block or surface used for printing.
  • v. To print from a block or plate made by such a process.
  • v. To impress deeply as if by carving or etching: The experience was engraved into his memory.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
  • v. To carve (something) into a material.
  • v. To put in a grave, to bury.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To deposit in the grave; to bury.
  • v. To cut in; to make by incision.
  • v. To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.
  • v. To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like.
  • v. To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cut in; make by incision; produce or form by incision on a hard surface.
  • To imprint; impress deeply; infix.
  • To cut or carve in sunken patterns; incise with letters or figures, or with the lines representing any object: applied especially to work on metal, but also to work on stone and other hard materials.
  • To deposit in a grave; bury; inter; inhume.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
  • v. carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
  • v. impress or affect deeply
  • v. carve or cut a design or letters into
  • Verb Form
    engraved    engraves    engraving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    strike    impress    affect    move    chip at    carve   
    Cross Reference
    print   
    Form
    engraved    engraven    engraving   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bury    etch    inscribe    carve   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dave    Wave    aftershave    behave    brave    cave    concave    crave    deprave    enslave   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    engraving    etch    sculpture    engraver    drawing    lithograph    portrait    illustration    print    fresco