Overview of verb engrave

The verb engrave has 4 senses

• scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe -- (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")


• engrave -- (impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory")


• engrave, etch -- (carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter")


• engrave, etch -- (carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name")

Overview of adj engraved

The adj engraved has 1 sense

• engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribed -- (cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations")