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ENGRAVE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

Example:

the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree

Synonyms:

engrave; grave; inscribe; scratch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "engrave" is one way to...):

carve; chip at (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface)

Verb group:

engrave; etch (carve or cut a design or letters into)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "engrave"):

character (engrave or inscribe characters on)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

engraver (a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Carve or cut a design or letters into

Example:

engrave the pen with the owner's name

Synonyms:

engrave; etch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "engrave" is one way to...):

carve; chip at (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface)

Verb group:

engrave; grave; inscribe; scratch (carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block

Example:

engrave a letter

Synonyms:

engrave; etch

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "engrave" is one way to...):

print (make into a print)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "engrave"):

benday (reproduce by the Benday process)

stipple (engrave by means of dots and flicks)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

engraver (a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate)

engraving (making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them)

gravure (the act of intaglio printing)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Impress or affect deeply

Example:

The event engraved itself into her memory

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "engrave" is one way to...):

affect; impress; move; strike (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

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