Engrave
[ɪn'greɪv;en-] or [ɪn'ɡrev]
Definition
(verb.) carve or cut a design or letters into; 'engrave the pen with the owner's name'.
(verb.) carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; 'engrave a letter'.
(verb.) impress or affect deeply; 'The event engraved itself into her memory'.
Typed by Greta--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To deposit in the grave; to bury.
(v. t.) To cut in; to make by incision.
(v. t.) To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.
(v. t.) To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.
(v. t.) To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.
Editor: Ned
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Mark by incisions, cut, chisel, carve, STIPPLE.[2]. Imprint, infix, impress deeply.
Edited by Donnie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Print, imprint, sculpture, stereotype
ANT:Obliterate, erase, levigate
Editor: Seth
Definition
v.t. to cut out with a graver a representation of anything on wood steel &c.: to imprint: to impress deeply.—ns. Engrav′er; Engrav′ery the art of the engraver; Engrav′ing act or art of cutting or incising designs on metal wood &c. for the purpose of printing impressions from them in ink on paper or other similar substance—in metal the lines to be printed are sunk or incised; in wood the lines to be printed appear in relief the wood between them being cut away: an impression taken from an engraved plate: a print.
v.t. to deposit in the grave.
Checker: Mara
Examples
- I shall try thy name, Anna, and see if I cannot engrave it here on wood. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But I have a plan to engrave it all, just as I did the picture. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Engrave a whole book! Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The attempts I had hitherto made to engrave upon stone had taught me that the relief of the letters thus obtained would not be much. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Somewhat later, the handle became pointed, and was engraved with bright, cut ornaments and a cartouch at the end in which were engraved the initials of the owner. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Briefly stated, the process of making halftones is as follows: The subject to be engraved is photographed through a halftone screen, so-called. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It must have been made from some manner of engraved block. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The extreme minuteness and delicacy of the electrotype process is strikingly exemplified in its application to the transference of engraved copper-plates. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Beside her was a mahogany stand bearing a cast bronze lamp with an engraved globe, over which a green paper shade had been balanced. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- These people at a later stage also scratched and engraved designs on ivory and bone. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The crest and the name of Sir Percival Glyde were engraved inside it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As allied branches of the photographic art, photo-engraving, photo-lithographing, and half-tone engraving are important developments of the Nineteenth Century. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Tainter, who in 1886 patented in the United States means of cutting or engraving the sound waves in a solid body. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Pretschi, have also successfully directed their attention to engraving the images of the camera, which has now obtained a high degree of perfection. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Yes, and more than that, this process of engraving is dimming to the eyes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I get my bread by drawing and engraving on wood for the cheap periodicals. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The plate is then returned to the engraving department, which completes the work, burnishing darks, engraving highlights, removing slight imperfections and otherwise perfecting the plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The effect of changing the direction of the light may be readily perceived by making a drawing on both sides of a sheet of paper, as shown in the annexed engraving. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Checker: Trent