Associations to the word «Engrave»

Wiktionary

ENGRAVE, verb. (transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
ENGRAVE, verb. (transitive) To carve (something) into a material.
ENGRAVE, verb. (obsolete) To put in a grave, to bury.

Dictionary definition

ENGRAVE, verb. Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree".
ENGRAVE, verb. Impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory".
ENGRAVE, verb. Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter".
ENGRAVE, verb. Carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King