engrave
to chase (letters, designs, etc.) on a hard surface, as of metal, stone, or the end grain of wood: She had the jeweler engrave her name on the back of the watch.
to print from such a surface.
to mark or ornament with incised letters, designs, etc.: He engraved the ring in a floral pattern.
to impress deeply; infix: That image is engraved on my mind.
Origin of engrave
1Other words from engrave
- en·grav·a·ble, adjective
- en·grav·er, noun
- re·en·grave, verb (used with object), re·en·graved, re·en·grav·ing.
- su·per·en·grave, verb (used with object), su·per·en·graved, su·per·en·grav·ing.
- un·der·en·grav·er, noun
- un·en·graved, adjective
- well-en·graved, adjective
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How to use engrave in a sentence
On his YouTube page, Zavilenski boasts of owning a laser engraver.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’ | The Center for Investigative Reporting | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMoseley sent Milton to William Marshall, a.k.a. engraver to the stars.
A Picture Says It All Or Does It? Judging an Author by Their Photo | Jennifer Miller | December 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBringing Watkins the engraver back makes a kind of sense, but why Mrs. Piggott as well?
He was known by most as Mr. Blake The Engraver, though by others as the crazy guy with visions.
William Blake, the eighteenth century poet, illustrator, engraver and mystic, worked from home but lived in his imagination.
The execution is such that the drawing of the gown and the lines of the face seem to have been traced by an engraver's tool.
Bastien Lepage | Fr. CrastreWilliam Woollet, a celebrated English historical and landscape engraver, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe comfortable yet humble apartments of the engraver were over the shop where he plied his daily toil.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottThe companions of my journey were a lady, a merchant, an engraver, and two young painters; one of whom was both deaf and dumb.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoHe betook himself to Paris to seek his fortune, with a letter of introduction to the engraver Wille.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard Muther
British Dictionary definitions for engrave
/ (ɪnˈɡreɪv) /
to inscribe (a design, writing, etc) onto (a block, plate, or other surface used for printing) by carving, etching with acid, or other process
to print (designs or characters) from a printing plate so made
to fix deeply or permanently in the mind
Origin of engrave
1Derived forms of engrave
- engraver, noun
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