verb🔗ShareTo carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art."He engraved the plaque with his name."artwritingtechnologyactionhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo carve (something) into a material."He engraved his name."artmaterialactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo put in a grave, to bury."Context: In this case, the word "engrave" has a very rare, archaic meaning related to burying someone. Sentence: The villagers, overwhelmed by the sudden plague, were forced to engrave the dead quickly, with little ceremony. "ritualreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it."The antique book had a beautiful engraving of a ship on its cover. "artmaterialwritingculturehistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper."The antique shop displayed a beautiful engraving of a sailing ship, clearly made from a copper plate. "artstyletechnologywritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA print produced from an engraving."The art teacher showed us an engraving of a famous battle, explaining how it was made by carving lines into a metal plate. "artcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer."The new software significantly improved the clarity and precision of the music engraving. "artmusictechnologycomputingwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
