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Princeton's WordNet

  1. engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribedadjective

    cut or impressed into a surface

    "an incised design"; "engraved invitations"

Wiktionary

  1. engravedadjective

    made by engraving

  2. engravedadjective

    decorated with engravings

Wikipedia

  1. engraved

    Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper as prints or illustrations; these images are also called "engravings". Engraving is one of the oldest and most important techniques in printmaking. Wood engraving is a form of relief printing and is not covered in this article, same with rock engravings like petroglyphs. Engraving was a historically important method of producing images on paper in artistic printmaking, in mapmaking, and also for commercial reproductions and illustrations for books and magazines. It has long been replaced by various photographic processes in its commercial applications and, partly because of the difficulty of learning the technique, is much less common in printmaking, where it has been largely replaced by etching and other techniques. "Engraving" is also loosely but incorrectly used for any old black and white print; it requires a degree of expertise to distinguish engravings from prints using other techniques such as etching in particular, but also mezzotint and other techniques. Many old master prints also combine techniques on the same plate, further confusing matters. Line engraving and steel engraving cover use for reproductive prints, illustrations in books and magazines, and similar uses, mostly in the 19th century, and often not actually using engraving. Traditional engraving, by burin or with the use of machines, continues to be practised by goldsmiths, glass engravers, gunsmiths and others, while modern industrial techniques such as photoengraving and laser engraving have many important applications. Engraved gems were an important art in the ancient world, revived at the Renaissance, although the term traditionally covers relief as well as intaglio carvings, and is essentially a branch of sculpture rather than engraving, as drills were the usual tools.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Engraved

    of Engrave

  2. Engraved

    of Engrave

  3. Engravedadjective

    made by engraving or ornamented with engraving

  4. Engravedadjective

    having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines

Entomology

  1. Engraved

    see exsculptus.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of engraved in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of engraved in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of engraved in a Sentence

  1. Dr Shipton:

    The stone tools are still sharp. The beads and engraved bones have survived intact which is really rare.

  2. Pedro Guilloume:

    This is something that will be engraved in our memory, let all Haitians channel solidarity.

  3. Edgar Lee Masters:

    Genius is a bend in the creek where bright water has gathered, and which mirrors the trees, the sky and the banks. It just does that because it is there and the scenery is there. Talent is a fine mirror with a silver frame, with the name of the owner engraved on the back.

  4. Uri Berger:

    The engraved shapes depict a straight line going to the center of an arc, about 15 such engravings were documented on the ceiling of the dolmen, spread out in a kind of arc along the ceiling. SCIENTISTS ISSUE DIRE WARNING ABOUT TOMB OF JESUS.

  5. Ketanji Brown Jackson:

    I have dedicated my career to ensuring that the words engraved on the front of the Supreme Court building --' Equal Justice Under Law' -- are a reality and not just an ideal.

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