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English

Alternative forms

• ingrave

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n???e?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v
• Hyphenation: en?grave

Etymology 1

From earlier ingrave, equivalent to en- +? grave (“to carve, engrave”). More at grave.

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.

   • 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."

2. (transitive) To carve (something) into a material.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (carve (text or symbols) into): carve, etch, inscribe

Translations

Etymology 2

From en- +? grave.

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.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:

     So both agree their bodies to engraue; / The great earthes wombe they open to the sky [...].

Anagrams

• Grevena, avenger, vernage

French

Verb

engrave

1. first-person singular present indicative of engraver
2. third-person singular present indicative of engraver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of engraver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of engraver
5. second-person singular imperative of engraver

Anagrams

• vengera

English

Noun

engraving (countable and uncountable, plural engravings)

1. The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.
2. (printing) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.

   Coordinate terms: drypoint, etching

   Hypernym: intaglio

   Hyponyms: copperplate engraving, line engraving, photoengraving, steel engraving

3. (countable) A print produced from an engraving.
4. (music) The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.

Related terms

• engrave
• whittle
• carve

Translations

Verb

engraving

1. present participle of engrave

Further reading

• engraving on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• music engraving on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• gravening