engrave (redirected from engravers)

en·grave  (n-grv)

tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves

1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy.

2. To carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into: engraved the silver watch with my monogram.

3.

a. To carve, cut, or etch into a block or surface used for printing.

b. To print from a block or plate made by such a process.

4. To impress deeply as if by carving or etching: The experience was engraved into his memory.

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en·graver n.

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engrave

Verb

[-graving, -graved]

1. to carve or etch a design or inscription into (a surface)

2. to print (designs or characters) from a plate into which they have been cut or etched

3. to fix deeply or permanently in the mind [en- in + obsolete grave to carve]

engraver n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	engrave - 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" inscribe, grave, scratch chip at, carve - engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark" engrave, etch - carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" character - engrave or inscribe characters on
	2.	engrave - impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory" impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
	3.	engrave - carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter" etch artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" print - make into a print; "print the negative" benday - reproduce by the Benday process stipple - engrave by means of dots and flicks
	4.	engrave - carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" etch chip at, carve - engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark" engrave, inscribe, grave, scratch - 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"

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engrave

verb carve, cut, etch, inscribe, chisel, incise, chase, enchase (rare) grave (archaic)

Translations

engrave [ɪnˈgreɪv] vt → graver

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engrave [ɪnˈgreɪv] vt → gravieren;

(name etc) → eingravieren (fig); einprägen

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engrave [ɪnˈgreɪv] vt → incidere