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etch
To prepare (a metal plate, glass, etc.) in this way, for use in printing such drawings or designs
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  1. To prepare (a metal plate, glass, etc.) in this way, for use in printing such drawings or designs
  2. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid, especially by coating the surface with wax or another protective layer and drawing lines with a needle and then using the acid to form the lines on the unprotected parts of the surface.
  3. To cut or scrape something in or on:
stamp
To put an official seal or a stamp on (a document, letter, etc.)
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  1. To put an official seal or a stamp on (a document, letter, etc.)
  2. To imprint or impress with a mark, design, or seal:
  3. To affix an adhesive stamp to (an envelope, for example).
fix
(--- Informal) To take revenge upon (someone); get even with.
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  1. (--- Informal) To take revenge upon (someone); get even with.
  2. To correct or set right; adjust:
  3. To influence the outcome or actions of (something) by improper or unlawful means:
imprint
To cause (a very young animal) to recognize and be attracted to another animal or to an object identified as the parent. Often used with on.
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  1. To cause (a very young animal) to recognize and be attracted to another animal or to an object identified as the parent. Often used with on.
  2. (Psychol.) To learn by means of imprinting
  3. To press or apply
incise
To engrave (designs or writing, for example) into a surface; carve.
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  1. To engrave (designs or writing, for example) into a surface; carve.
  2. To cut into, as with a sharp instrument:
  3. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave
lithograph
To make (prints or copies) by this process
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  1. To make (prints or copies) by this process
  2. To produce by lithography.
  3. To create a copy of an image through lithography.
cut
To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:
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  1. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:
  2. To form or shape by severing or incising:
  3. To perform:
scratch
(--- Slang) To cancel (a project or program, for example).
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  1. (--- Slang) To cancel (a project or program, for example).
  2. To use the nails or claws to dig, scrape, or wound.
  3. To mark, break, or cut the surface of slightly with something pointed or sharp
burn
To cause to undergo combustion, especially to the point of destruction:
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  1. To cause to undergo combustion, especially to the point of destruction:
  2. To cause a strong impression, especially by emotional intensity:
  3. To consume or use as fuel or energy.
intaglio
To engrave, carve, etc. in intaglio
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  1. To engrave, carve, etc. in intaglio
chase
To follow quickly or persistently in order to catch or harm
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  1. To follow quickly or persistently in order to catch or harm
  2. To swing at and miss (a pitch, especially one out of the strike zone).
  3. To cut (the thread of a screw).
enchase
To put in a setting or serve as a setting for
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  1. To put in a setting or serve as a setting for
  2. To set (a gem, for example).
  3. To ornament by engraving, embossing, or inlaying with gems, etc.
grave
To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.
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  1. To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.
  2. (Archaic) To shape by carving; sculpture
  3. To clean barnacles, etc. from (the hull of a wooden ship) and coat with pitch or tar
chisel
To get (something) in this way
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  1. To get (something) in this way
  2. (Informal) To use unethical methods; cheat:
  3. To shape or cut with a chisel.
inscribe
To write a short, signed message in (a book, etc. one is presenting as a gift)
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  1. To write a short, signed message in (a book, etc. one is presenting as a gift)
  2. (Geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
  3. To write or cut words onto something, especially a hard surface; to engrave.
mezzotint
To make such etchings
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  1. To make such etchings
  2. To engrave by this method
stipple
To cover or mark with dots or quick dabs; fleck
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  1. To cover or mark with dots or quick dabs; fleck
  2. To apply (paint, for example) in dots or short strokes.
  3. To use small dots to give the appearance of shading
crosshatch
To shade (a drawing) with two sets of parallel lines that cross each other
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  1. To shade (a drawing) with two sets of parallel lines that cross each other
  2. To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.
hatch
To come forth from the egg
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  1. To come forth from the egg
  2. To bring (a plan, idea, etc.) into existence; esp., to plan in a secret or underhanded way; plot
  3. To emerge from or break out of an egg.
diaper
To put a fresh diaper on (a baby)
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  1. To put a fresh diaper on (a baby)
  2. To give a diaper design to
  3. To weave or decorate in a diaper pattern.
carve
To divide into pieces by cutting; slice:
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  1. To divide into pieces by cutting; slice:
  2. To decorate the surface of with cut figures or designs
  3. To cut into a desired shape; fashion by cutting:
etch
To impress or delineate clearly:
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  1. To impress or delineate clearly:
  2. To prepare (a metal plate, glass, etc.) in this way, for use in printing such drawings or designs
  3. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid, especially by coating the surface with wax or another protective layer and drawing lines with a needle and then using the acid to form the lines on the unprotected parts of the surface.
grave
To sculpt or carve; engrave.
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  1. To sculpt or carve; engrave.
  2. To clean barnacles, etc. from (the hull of a wooden ship) and coat with pitch or tar
  3. To impress sharply and clearly; fix permanently
incise
To cut into, as with a sharp instrument:
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  1. To cut into, as with a sharp instrument:
  2. To cut into with a sharp tool; specif., to cut (designs, inscriptions, etc.) into (a surface); engrave; carve
  3. To engrave (designs or writing, for example) into a surface; carve.
etch
To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
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  1. To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
  2. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid, especially by coating the surface with wax or another protective layer and drawing lines with a needle and then using the acid to form the lines on the unprotected parts of the surface.
  3. To prepare (a metal plate, glass, etc.) in this way, for use in printing such drawings or designs
fix
To put into a stable or unalterable form:
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  1. To put into a stable or unalterable form:
  2. To assign; attribute:
  3. To influence the outcome or actions of (something) by improper or unlawful means:
grave
To clean barnacles, etc. from (the hull of a wooden ship) and coat with pitch or tar
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  1. To clean barnacles, etc. from (the hull of a wooden ship) and coat with pitch or tar
  2. To impress sharply and clearly; fix permanently
  3. To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.
impress
To levy, seize, or requisition (money, property, etc.), as for military use
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  1. To levy, seize, or requisition (money, property, etc.), as for military use
  2. To affect strongly, often favorably:
  3. (Law) To impose a constructive trust or a lien upon property, as a matter of equity, to protect a person without legal title but with a legally recognized interest.
imprint
To press or apply
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  1. To press or apply
  2. (Psychol.) To learn by means of imprinting
  3. To cause (a very young animal) to recognize and be attracted to another animal or to an object identified as the parent. Often used with on.
inscribe
(Mathematics) To draw (one figure) within another figure so that every vertex of the enclosed figure touches the outer figure.
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  1. (Mathematics) To draw (one figure) within another figure so that every vertex of the enclosed figure touches the outer figure.
  2. To write, mark, or engrave (words, symbols, etc.) on some surface
  3. To write or cut words onto something, especially a hard surface; to engrave.
stamp
To imprint or impress with a mark, design, or seal:
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  1. To imprint or impress with a mark, design, or seal:
  2. To affix an adhesive stamp to (an envelope, for example).
  3. To impress or mark distinctly or indelibly
Find another word for engrave. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for engrave, like: etch, stamp, fix, imprint, incise, lithograph, cut, scratch, burn, ornament with incised designs and intaglio.

Sentence Examples

  • He loved Marguerite Lecomte, and taught her to engrave as well as himself.

  • In some places wood-carving has been brought to considerable perfection; and native artists know how to engrave on metal both by etching and the burin.

  • In 1828 James Wilson (author of the article Ornithology in the 7th and Wilson 8th editions of the present work) began, under the title of Illustrations of Zoology, the publication of a series of his own drawings (which he did not, however, himself engrave) with corresponding letterpress.

  • The original drawings for this map had to be done with exceptional neatness, the draughtsman spending twelve months on that which he would have completed in four months had it been intended to engrave the map on copper; yet an average chart, measuring 530 by 630 mm., which would have taken two years and nine months for drawing and engraving, was completed in less than fifteen months - fifty days of which were spent in " retouching " the copper plate.

  • But evidence bearing on the Stone age in Africa, if the latter existed apart from the localities mentioned, is so slight that little can be said save that from the available evidence the palaeoliths of the Nile valley alone can with any degree of certainty be assigned to a remote period of antiquity, and that the chips scattered over Mashonaland and the regions occupied within historic times by Bushmen are the most recent; since it has been shown that the stone flakes were used by the medieval Makalanga to engrave their hard pottery and the Bushmen were still using stone implements in the 10th century.

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