"engrave" meaning in English

See engrave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈɡɹeɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-engrave.wav Forms: engraves [present, singular, third-person], engraving [participle, present], engraved [participle, past], engraved [past]
Rhymes: -eɪv Etymology: From earlier ingrave, equivalent to en- + grave (“to carve, engrave”). More at grave. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰrebʰ-}}, {{prefix|en|en|grave|gloss2=to carve, engrave|nocat=1}} en- + grave (“to carve, engrave”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} engrave (third-person singular simple present engraves, present participle engraving, simple past and past participle engraved)
  1. (transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art. Tags: transitive Translations (carve text or symbols into (something)): χαράσσω (kharássō) (Ancient Greek), грави́рам (gravíram) (Bulgarian), gravar (Catalan), 雕刻 (diāokè) (Chinese Mandarin), 鐫刻 /镌刻 (juānkè) (Chinese Mandarin), indgravere (Danish), gravere (Danish), graveren (Dutch), kaivertaa (Finnish), graver (French), gravieren (German), χαράσσω (charásso) (Greek), grábháil (Irish), incidere (Italian), intagliare (Italian), bulinare (Italian), 刻む (kizamu) (alt: きざむ) (Japanese), 彫り込む (horikomu) (alt: ほりこむ) (Japanese), 彫刻する (chōkoku suru) (alt: ちょうこくする) (Japanese), insigno (Latin), caelō (Latin), gravéieren (Luxembourgish), whaowhao (Maori), graven (Middle English), gravere (Norwegian), inngravere (Norwegian Bokmål), قازمق (kazmak) (Ottoman Turkish), یازمق (yazmak) (Ottoman Turkish), grawerować [imperfective] (Polish), rytować [imperfective] (Polish), gravar (Portuguese), гравирова́ть (gravirovátʹ) (Russian), высека́ть (vysekátʹ) (Russian), выреза́ть (vyrezátʹ) (Russian), ugravirati (Serbo-Croatian), угравирати (Serbo-Croatian), grabar (Spanish), burilar (Spanish), inscribir (Spanish), entallar (Spanish), epigrafiar (Spanish), incidir (Spanish), gravera (Swedish), karva (Swedish), etsa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-engrave-en-verb-cqkEcztV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with en-, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 31 25 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'carve text or symbols into (something)': 62 38
  2. (transitive) To carve (something) into a material. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-engrave-en-verb-Lop-H5OD Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 28 36 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ingrave Synonyms (carve (text or symbols) into): carve, etch, inscribe Derived forms: engravable, engravement, engraven, engravery, microengrave, misengrave, photoengrave, reengrave
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'carve (text or symbols) into': 49 51

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈɡɹeɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-engrave.wav Forms: engraves [present, singular, third-person], engraving [participle, present], engraved [participle, past], engraved [past]
Rhymes: -eɪv Etymology: From en- + grave. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|en|grave}} en- + grave Head templates: {{en-verb}} engrave (third-person singular simple present engraves, present participle engraving, simple past and past participle engraved)
  1. (obsolete) To put in a grave, to bury. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-engrave-en-verb-Rr3EXfsV Categories (other): English terms prefixed with en- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 28 36 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ingrave
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ \"I never understood it,\" she observed, lightly scornful. \"What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics.\"",
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        "(transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art."
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          "word": "gravar"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "diāokè",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "雕刻"
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          "roman": "juānkè",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "鐫刻 /镌刻"
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          "lang": "Danish",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "graveren"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "kaivertaa"
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          "word": "graver"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "gravieren"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "charásso",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "χαράσσω"
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          "roman": "kharássō",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "χαράσσω"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "grábháil"
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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "incidere"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "intagliare"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "bulinare"
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          "alt": "きざむ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kizamu",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "刻む"
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          "alt": "ほりこむ",
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          "roman": "horikomu",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "彫り込む"
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          "alt": "ちょうこくする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chōkoku suru",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "彫刻する"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "insigno"
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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "caelō"
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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "gravéieren"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "whaowhao"
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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "graven"
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "gravere"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "inngravere"
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          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kazmak",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "قازمق"
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          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "yazmak",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "یازمق"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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          "word": "grawerować"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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          "word": "rytować"
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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "gravar"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gravirovátʹ",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "гравирова́ть"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vysekátʹ",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "высека́ть"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vyrezátʹ",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "выреза́ть"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "ugravirati"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "grabar"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "inscribir"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "entallar"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "epigrafiar"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "incidir"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "gravera"
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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "karva"
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        "(transitive) To carve (something) into a material."
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      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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