incise (redirected from incising)

in·cise  (n-sz)

tr.v. in·cised, in·cis·ing, in·cis·es

1. To cut into, as with a sharp instrument: incised the tablet with chisels; a plateau that had been deeply incised by streams.

2.

a. To engrave (designs or writing, for example) into a surface; carve.

b. To engrave designs, writing, or other marks into.

---

[French inciser, from Old French enciser, from Vulgar Latin *incsre, frequentative of Latin incdere, incs- : in-, in; see in-² + caedere, to cut; see ka-id- in Indo-European roots.]

---

incise

Verb

[-cising, -cised] to cut into with a sharp tool [Latin incidere to cut into]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

incise - make an incision into by carving or cutting notch - cut or make a notch into; "notch the rope" scratch up, scratch, scrape - cut the surface of; wear away the surface of groove - make a groove in, or provide with a groove; "groove a vinyl record" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" slit - cut a slit into; "slit the throat of the victim" worry - lacerate by biting; "the dog worried his bone" girdle, deaden - cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"