| VERB | contact | engrave, scratch, grave, inscribe | carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface |
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| emotion | engrave | impress or affect deeply | |
| creation | engrave, etch | carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block | |
| contact | engrave, etch | carve or cut a design or letters into |
| Sounds | ihngrey'v | |
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| Rhymes | airwave ... wave / Wave: 29 rhymes with eyv... | |
| Meaning | carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
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| Synonyms | scratch, grave, inscribe | |
| Narrower | character | engrave or inscribe characters on |
| Broader | carve, chip at | engrave / engrave / engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface |
| Similar to | engrave, etch | carve or cut a design or letters into |
| Spanish | grabar, inscribir | |
| Catalan | gravar, inscriure | |
| Nouns | engraver | a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching |
| Meaning | impress or affect deeply. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The event engraved itself into her memory" | |
| Broader | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
| Meaning | carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "engrave a letter" | |
| Synonym | etch | |
| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
| Narrower | benday | Reproduce by the Benday process |
| stipple | engrave by means of dots and flicks | |
| Broader | make into a print | |
| Spanish | grabar | |
| Catalan | gravar | |
| Nouns | engraver | a printmaker who prints from an engraved / engraved printing plate |
| engraving | making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them | |
| gravure | the act of intaglio printing | |
| Meaning | carve or cut a design or letters into. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "engrave the pen with the owner's name" | |
| Synonym | etch | |
| Broader | carve, chip at | engrave / engrave / engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface |
| Similar to | scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe | carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface |
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