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Engraved

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v. Simple past tense and past participle of engrave.

adj. made by engraving

adj. decorated with engravings

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.

adj. Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.

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adj. cut or impressed into a surface

Word Usage

"As a "retirement" gift, his boss gives him a large pocket knife with his name engraved on it -- which Nick promptly uses to puncture his boss's tires burying it so deeply he can't remove it."

Equivalent

carved carven

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

graven sculptured incised Cu intagliated

Verb Stem

engrave

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

behaved braved caved craved depraved