engraved

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
engraved
    adj 1: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design";
           "engraved invitations" [syn: {engraved}, {etched},
           {graven}, {incised}, {inscribed}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Engrave \En*grave"\, v. t. [imp. {Engraved}; p. p. {Engraved} or
   {Engraven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engraving}.] [Pref. en- + grave
   to carve: cf. OF. engraver.]
   1. To cut in; to make by incision. [Obs.]
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            Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh
            He did engrave.                       --Spenser.
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   2. To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an
      inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures;
      to mark with incisions.
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            Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones
            with the names of the children of Israel. --Ex.
                                                  xxviii. 11.
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   3. To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood,
      stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.
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   4. To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.
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            Engrave principles in men's minds.    --Locke.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Engraved \En*graved"\, a.
   1. Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.
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   2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the surface covered with irregular,
      impressed lines.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "engraved":
      alveolar, alveolate, canaliculate, canaliculated, carved,
      chamfered, channeled, confirmed, corduroy, corduroyed, corrugate,
      corrugated, costate, creased, crimped, cut, dadoed, deep-dyed,
      deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted,
      deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, dented, depressed, dimpled,
      dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, enchased, engrafted,
      entrenched, established, etched, faveolate, firmly established,
      fluted, furrowed, gashed, glyphic, goffered, gouged, graved,
      graven, grooved, honeycombed, implanted, impressed, imprinted,
      incised, indelibly impressed, indented, infixed, ingrained,
      ingrown, inscribed, insculptured, inveterate, inwrought, lined,
      long-established, marked, notched, old-line, on a rock, on bedrock,
      pitted, pleated, pocked, pockmarked, printed, rabbeted, ribbed,
      rifled, rooted, rutted, rutty, scored, scratched, sculptured, set,
      settled, slit, stabilized, stamped, striated, sulcate, sulcated,
      tooled, troughed, vested, well-established, well-founded,
      well-grounded, well-set, well-settled, wrinkled

    

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