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1. (v.t.) engrave
to cut or etch (designs, etc.) into a hard surface, as of metal, stone, or the end grain of wood.
2. engrave
to print from such a surface.
3. engrave
to ornament with incised letters, designs, etc.:
to engrave a ring with a floral pattern.
4. engrave
to impress deeply; infix:
That image is engraved on my mind.
Etymology: (1500–10; < MF engraver; see en -1, grave3)
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| Definition of 'engrave' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
"engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
2. (verb) engrave
impress or affect deeply
"The event engraved itself into her memory"
3. (verb) engrave, etch
carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
"engrave a letter"
4. (verb) engrave, etch
carve or cut a design or letters into
"engrave the pen with the owner's name"
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| Definition of 'engrave' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) engrave
to deposit in the grave; to bury
2. (verb) engrave
to cut in; to make by incision
3. (verb) engrave
to cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions
4. (verb) engrave
to form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription
5. (verb) engrave
to impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver
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Sense: to cut (letters or designs) on stone, wood, metal etc
They engraved his initials on the silver cup.
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 Afrikaans: graveer |
 Arabic: يَحْفُر |
 Bulgarian: издълбавам |
 Brazilian: gravar |
 Czech: (vy)rýt |
 German: gravieren |
 Danish: indgravere; præge |
 Greek: χαράζω |
 Spanish: grabar |
 Estonian: graveerima |
 Farsi: حک کردن |
 Finnish: kaivertaa |
 French: graver |
 Hebrew: לַחֲרוֹט |
 Hindi: खोदना |
 Croatian: urezati, rezbariti |
 Hungarian: bevés |
 Indonesian: mengukir |
 Icelandic: grafa, rista |
 Italian: incidere, intagliare |
 Japanese: 彫る |
 Korean: 조각하다 |
 Lithuanian: (iš)graviruoti, iškalti |
 Latvian: iegravēt |
 Malay: ukir |
 Dutch: graveren |
 Norwegian: gravere, prege inn |
 Polish: wyryć, wygrawerować |
 Persian: حک کردن |
 Pashto: كيندل (لكه دمهر)، حل كول، |
 Portuguese: gravar |
 Romanian: a grava |
 Russian: (вы)гравировать |
 Slovak: vyryť |
 Slovenian: vrezati |
 Serbian: gravirati |
 Swedish: [in]gravera, rista in |
 Thai: สลัก |
 Turkish: kazmak, oymak |
 Taiwanese: 雕刻 |
 Ukrainian: гравірувати |
 Urdu: نقش کرنا |
 Vietnamese: khắc; chạm |
 Chinese: 雕刻 |
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