'Engrave' definitions:
Definition of 'engrave'
From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe]
verb
Impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory"
verb
Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter" [syn: engrave, etch]
verb
Carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" [syn: engrave, etch]
Definition of 'Engrave'
From: GCIDE
- Engrave \En*grave"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + grave a tomb. Cf. Engrave to carve.] To deposit in the grave; to bury. [Obs.] "Their corses to engrave." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Engrave'
From: GCIDE
- Engrave \En*grave"\, v. t. [imp. Engraved; p. p. Engraved or Engraven; p. pr. & vb. n. Engraving.] [Pref. en- + grave to carve: cf. OF. engraver.]
- 1. To cut in; to make by incision. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did engrave. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions. [1913 Webster]
- Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. --Ex. xxviii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver. [1913 Webster]
- Engrave principles in men's minds. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'engrave'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assemble,
- autolithograph,
- be a printmaker,
- bead,
- bed,
- bejewel,
- beribbon,
- bespangle,
- blaze,
- blaze a trail,
- blemish,
- blotch,
- book,
- brand,
- bring home to,
- bring out,
- calendar,
- canal,
- canalize,
- carve,
- cast,
- catalog,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- chamfer,
- channel,
- character,
- chase,
- check,
- check in,
- check off,
- chisel,
- chronicle,
- cicatrize,
- confirm,
- corrugate,
- crack,
- crease,
- cribble,
- crimp,
- crosshatch,
- cut,
- dado,
- dapple,
- dash,
- deep-dye,
- define,
- delimit,
- demarcate,
- dent,
- depress,
- diamond,
- dike,
- dimple,
- dint,
- discolor,
- ditch,
- docket,
- dot,
- embed,
- enchase,
- engraft,
- engrave on,
- enroll,
- enscroll,
- enter,
- entrench,
- establish,
- etch,
- feather,
- figure,
- file,
- filigree,
- fill out,
- fix,
- flag,
- fleck,
- flounce,
- flower,
- flute,
- found,
- freckle,
- furrow,
- garland,
- gash,
- gem,
- get out,
- goffer,
- gouge,
- grave,
- groove,
- ground,
- gully,
- hatch,
- hectograph,
- illuminate,
- impact,
- impanel,
- implant,
- impress,
- impress upon,
- imprint,
- incise,
- inculcate,
- indent,
- index,
- infix,
- ingrain,
- inscribe,
- insculpture,
- insert,
- instill,
- issue,
- jam,
- jewel,
- jot down,
- line,
- list,
- lithograph,
- lodge,
- log,
- make a mark,
- make a memorandum,
- make a note,
- make an entry,
- make it felt,
- make out,
- make prints,
- mark,
- mark down,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- matriculate,
- mimeograph,
- minute,
- model,
- mold,
- mottle,
- multigraph,
- nick,
- notch,
- note,
- note down,
- overprint,
- pack,
- paint,
- pencil,
- pepper,
- pit,
- place upon record,
- plant,
- pleat,
- plow,
- plume,
- pock,
- pockmark,
- point,
- poll,
- post,
- post up,
- press in,
- prick,
- print,
- proof,
- prove,
- publish,
- pull,
- pull a proof,
- punch,
- punch in,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- put down,
- put in writing,
- put on paper,
- put on tape,
- put out,
- put to bed,
- put to press,
- rabbet,
- recess,
- record,
- reduce to writing,
- register,
- reissue,
- reprint,
- ribbon,
- riddle,
- rifle,
- root,
- run,
- run off,
- rut,
- scar,
- scarify,
- score,
- scotch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- sculp,
- sculpt,
- sculpture,
- seal,
- seam,
- seat,
- set,
- set back,
- set down,
- set in,
- settle,
- slit,
- solder,
- spangle,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splotch,
- spot,
- stain,
- stamp,
- stamp on,
- stereotype,
- stigmatize,
- stipple,
- streak,
- striate,
- strike,
- stripe,
- tabulate,
- take down,
- tamp,
- tape,
- tape-record,
- tattoo,
- tick,
- tick off,
- tinsel,
- tool,
- trace,
- trench,
- trough,
- underline,
- underscore,
- videotape,
- wedge,
- weld,
- wreathe,
- wrinkle,
- write,
- write down,
- write in,
- write out,
- write up