Dictionary Entry
engrave
engrave is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To deposit in the grave; to bury. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To deposit in the grave; to bury.
- 2transitive verb
To cut in; to make by incision.
- 3transitive verb
To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.
- 4transitive verb
To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.
- 5transitive verb
To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.
- 6verb
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
"engrave a pen"
"engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"
- 7verb
carve or cut a design or letters into
"engrave the pen with the owner's name"
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- 8verb
carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
"engrave a letter"
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- 9verb
impress or affect deeply
"The event engraved itself into her memory"
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