"engrave" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈɡɹeɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-engrave.wav [Southern-England] 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-}}, {{m|en|ingrave}} ingrave, {{prefix|en|en|grave|gloss2=to carve, engrave|nocat=1}} en- + grave (“to carve, engrave”), {{l|en|grave}} grave 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 (Chinese Mandarin), 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), 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), 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- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 19 18 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with en-: 32 31 37 Disambiguation of 'carve text or symbols into (something)': 64 36
  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-: 32 31 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ingrave Synonyms (carve (text or symbols) into): carve, etch, inscribe
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'carve (text or symbols) into': 52 48

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈɡɹeɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-engrave.wav [Southern-England] 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-: 32 31 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ingrave
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "incidere"
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          "_dis1": "64 36",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
          "word": "bulinare"
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          "alt": "きざむ",
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          "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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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "64 36",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "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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          "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
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          "word": "grabar"
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      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "sense": "carve (text or symbols) into",
      "word": "etch"
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      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "sense": "carve (text or symbols) into",
      "word": "inscribe"
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        "(transitive) To carve (something) into a material."
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "carve (text or symbols) into",
      "word": "carve"
    },
    {
      "sense": "carve (text or symbols) into",
      "word": "etch"
    },
    {
      "sense": "carve (text or symbols) into",
      "word": "inscribe"
    },
    {
      "word": "ingrave"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gravíram",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "грави́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "gravar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diāokè",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "雕刻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "鐫刻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "juānkè",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "镌刻"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "indgravere"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "gravere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "graveren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "kaivertaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "graver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "gravieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "charásso",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "χαράσσω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kharássō",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "χαράσσω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "grábháil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "incidere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "intagliare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "bulinare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きざむ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kizamu",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "刻む"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほりこむ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "horikomu",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "彫り込む"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "insigno"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "caelō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "gravéieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "whaowhao"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "graven"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "gravere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "inngravere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "grawerować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rytować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "gravar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gravirovátʹ",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "гравирова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vysekátʹ",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "высека́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyrezátʹ",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "выреза́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "ugravirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "угравирати"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "grabar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "burilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "gravera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "karva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "carve text or symbols into (something)",
      "word": "etsa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "engrave"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms prefixed with en-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪv",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪv/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "grave"
      },
      "expansion": "en- + grave",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From en- + grave.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "engraves",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engraving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engraved",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "engraved",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "engrave (third-person singular simple present engraves, present participle engraving, simple past and past participle engraved)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "en‧grave"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put in a grave, to bury."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grave",
          "grave"
        ],
        [
          "bury",
          "bury"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To put in a grave, to bury."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈɡɹeɪv/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪv"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-engrave.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-engrave.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-engrave.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ingrave"
    }
  ],
  "word": "engrave"
}

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