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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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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

engrave [ɪnˈgreɪv] vt → gravieren;

(name etc) → eingravieren (fig); einprägen

engrave [ɪnˈgreɪv] vt → incidere

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engrave

v engrave [inˈgreiv]

1 to cut (letters or designs) on stone, wood, metal etc They engraved his initials on the silver cup. graveer يَحْفُر издълбавам (vy)rýt indgravere; præge gravieren χαράζω grabar graveerima حک کردن kaivertaa graver לַחֲרוֹט खोदना urezati, rezbariti bevés mengukir grafa, rista incidere, intagliare 彫る (문자 등을) 새겨넣다 (iš)graviruoti, iškalti iegravēt ukir graveren gravere, prege inn wyryć, wygrawerować gravar a grava (вы)гравировать vyryť vrezati gravirati []gravera, rista in สลัก kazmak, oymak 雕刻 гравірувати نقش کرنا khắc; chạm 雕刻

2 to decorate (metal etc) in this way He engraved the silver cup. graveer يُزَيِّن بالحَفْر гравирам vyzdobit rytím præge gravieren διακοσμώ με σκάλισμα grabar graveerima حکاکی کردن kaivertaa graver לַחֲרוֹט अंकित करना gravirati bevés, gravíroz mengukir grafa á, rista á cesellare 彫って装飾する (문자 등을 새겨서) 장식하다 (iš)graviruoti iegravēt hias graveren gravere pokryć grawerunkiem gravar a grava (от)гравировать vyzdobiť rytím vrezati utisnuti gravera สลักตกแต่ง kabartma işiyle süslemek (在金屬板上)刻上圖案 вирізати تزئین کرنا chạm hình trang trí （在金属板上）刻上图案

n enˈgraver

graveur نَقّاش، حَفّار гравьор rytec gravør der Graveur χαράκτης grabador graveerija حکاک kaivertaja graveur/-euse חֲרִיטָה उत्कीर्णक graver, rezbar vésnök; gravírozógép pengukir leturgrafari, myndristumaður incisore, intagliatore, cesellatore 彫刻師 조각공 graviruotojas gravieris pengukir graveur gravør grawer gravador a grava гравёр rytec graver graver gravör ช่างแกะสลัก oymacı 雕刻師 гравер کندہ کار thợ chạm; thợ khắc 雕刻师