Grave (Verb)
Meaning 1
Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Synonyms
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Meaning 2
Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cup with the winner's name"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The artist carefully engraved her signature on the painting's corner.
- The trophy maker engraved the winner's name on the gold-plated cup.
- She etched her initials into the wooden desk with a sharp pen.
- The mason engraved a touching epitaph on the family's headstone.
- A teenage couple engraved their names side by side into the weathered fence.