Engrave
verb
To cut or carve marks or designs into something, often a hard surface.
He engraved his name on the trophy.
Often appears as...
- engrave with
- engrave on
verb
To print (an image or text) by cutting it onto a surface and then using ink or another substance to make copies.
The artist engraved the image onto a copper plate.
Often appears as...
- engrave in
- engrave with
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Technical
verb
To impress or implant something deeply into the mind or memory.
The sight of the accident has been engraved in my memory.
Often appears as...
- engrave in one's memory
- engrave in one's mind
verb
To cut or carve marks or designs into something, often a hard surface.
He engraved his name on the trophy.
Often appears as...
- engrave with
- engrave on
verb
To print (an image or text) by cutting it onto a surface and then using ink or another substance to make copies.
The artist engraved the image onto a copper plate.
Often appears as...
- engrave in
- engrave with
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To impress or implant something deeply into the mind or memory.
The sight of the accident has been engraved in my memory.
Often appears as...
- engrave in one's memory
- engrave in one's mind
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Pro Tip 1/3Tangible Surfaces
Engrave is used when creating permanent designs on solid objects like metal, wood, or stone.
They engraved their initials into the tree's bark.
Pro Tip 2/3Artistic Skill
Engraving is often considered an art form requiring manual skills and precision.
The goldsmith engraved an intricate pattern on the necklace.
Pro Tip 3/3Customization
Engraving personalizes objects, making them unique and often used for gifts or awards.
The couple had their wedding bands engraved with their anniversary date.
Pro Tip 1/3Tangible Surfaces
Engrave is used when creating permanent designs on solid objects like metal, wood, or stone.
They engraved their initials into the tree's bark.
Pro Tip 2/3Artistic Skill
Engraving is often considered an art form requiring manual skills and precision.
The goldsmith engraved an intricate pattern on the necklace.
Pro Tip 3/3Customization
Engraving personalizes objects, making them unique and often used for gifts or awards.
The couple had their wedding bands engraved with their anniversary date.
Pro Tip 1/3Tangible Surfaces
Engrave is used when creating permanent designs on solid objects like metal, wood, or stone.
They engraved their initials into the tree's bark.
Pro Tip 2/3Artistic Skill
Engraving is often considered an art form requiring manual skills and precision.
The goldsmith engraved an intricate pattern on the necklace.
Pro Tip 3/3Customization
Engraving personalizes objects, making them unique and often used for gifts or awards.
The couple had their wedding bands engraved with their anniversary date.
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Distant time and the...
contribution was that he helped us understand entropy you've heard of entropy it's the randomness that disordered the chaoticness of some system Boltzmann gave us a formula engraved on his tombstone now that really quantifies what entropy is and it's basically just saying that entropy is the number of ways we can rearrange
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Distant time and the...
and Boltzmann's contribution was that he helped us understand entropy you've heard of entropy it's the randomness the disorder the chaoticness of some system Boltzmann gave us a formula engraved on his tombstone now that really quantifies what entropy is and it's basically just saying that entropy is the number of
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Sean Carroll: Distant...
And Boltzmann's contribution was that he helped us understand entropy. You've heard of entropy. It's the randomness, the disorder, the chaoticness of some systems. Boltzmann gave us a formula -- engraved on his tombstone now -- that really quantifies what entropy is. And it's basically just saying
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What makes tattoos...
getting pigment deeper into the skin than the outermost layer that gets shed. Throughout history, different cultures have used various methods to accomplish this. But the first modern tattooing machine was modeled after Thomas Edison's engraving machine and ran on electricity.
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Richard Seymour: How...
And the guy took it apart, and one of the things he pulled out was one of the balance wheels. And as he did so, his customer noticed that on the back side of the balance wheel was an engraving, were words. And he said to the guy, "Why have you put stuff on the back
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Why are these 32 symbols...
like these engraved figures from Grotta dell'Addaura in Sicily. They provide us with a rare glimpse into the creative world and imagination of these early artists. Since their discovery, it's been the animals that have received the majority of the study
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Using language and time...
words as objects I started to give words like now a physical form and ask questions like how long is now or what's the distance between now and then this custom engraved sign says now on one side and then on the other when mounted
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Agile programming -- for...
five years old his brother Nikolai came to him and said he had engraved the secret to universal happiness on a little green stick which he had hidden in a ravine on the family's estate in Russia if the stick were ever found all
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How we're using DNA tech...
Their pain and their joy is engraved in my memories. Our science is for them. Tree Lab is our best attempt to help them become more food secure.
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Grand Canyon Gets Camera...
great mythical hole it's so engraving in America's psychic so it had to be done one needs some kind of hub in the world
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Distant time and the...
contribution was that he helped us understand entropy you've heard of entropy it's the randomness that disordered the chaoticness of some system Boltzmann gave us a formula engraved on his tombstone now that really quantifies what entropy is and it's basically just saying that entropy is the number of ways we can rearrange
Video examples
Distant time and the...
and Boltzmann's contribution was that he helped us understand entropy you've heard of entropy it's the randomness the disorder the chaoticness of some system Boltzmann gave us a formula engraved on his tombstone now that really quantifies what entropy is and it's basically just saying that entropy is the number of
Video examples
Sean Carroll: Distant...
And Boltzmann's contribution was that he helped us understand entropy. You've heard of entropy. It's the randomness, the disorder, the chaoticness of some systems. Boltzmann gave us a formula -- engraved on his tombstone now -- that really quantifies what entropy is. And it's basically just saying
Video examples
What makes tattoos...
getting pigment deeper into the skin than the outermost layer that gets shed. Throughout history, different cultures have used various methods to accomplish this. But the first modern tattooing machine was modeled after Thomas Edison's engraving machine and ran on electricity.
Video examples
Richard Seymour: How...
And the guy took it apart, and one of the things he pulled out was one of the balance wheels. And as he did so, his customer noticed that on the back side of the balance wheel was an engraving, were words. And he said to the guy, "Why have you put stuff on the back
Video examples
Why are these 32 symbols...
like these engraved figures from Grotta dell'Addaura in Sicily. They provide us with a rare glimpse into the creative world and imagination of these early artists. Since their discovery, it's been the animals that have received the majority of the study
Video examples
Using language and time...
words as objects I started to give words like now a physical form and ask questions like how long is now or what's the distance between now and then this custom engraved sign says now on one side and then on the other when mounted
Video examples
Agile programming -- for...
five years old his brother Nikolai came to him and said he had engraved the secret to universal happiness on a little green stick which he had hidden in a ravine on the family's estate in Russia if the stick were ever found all
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How we're using DNA tech...
Their pain and their joy is engraved in my memories. Our science is for them. Tree Lab is our best attempt to help them become more food secure.
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Grand Canyon Gets Camera...
great mythical hole it's so engraving in America's psychic so it had to be done one needs some kind of hub in the world
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Peter Schmeichel
Danish Athlete
If you have been brought up with attacking and trying to get to number two, number three, number four goal, not getting one goal and defend, if that's sort of the mentality that's engraved in you, it's really difficult to do the other thing.
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Pope John Paul II
Polish Saint
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
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Scott Reed
Author
Every suggested idea produces a corresponding physical reaction. Every idea constantly repeated ends by being engraved upon the brain, provoking the act which corresponds to that idea.
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Martin Luther
German Leader
I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.
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Theodore William Richards
American Scientist
If our inconceivably ancient universe even had any beginning, the conditions determining that beginning must even now be engraved in the atomic weights.
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Sophie Turner
British Actress
When I was fifteen, I got a Tiffany's necklace from the producers of 'Game of Thrones' with my character's name Sansa engraved on it.
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Helen Hunt Jackson
American Writer
I shall be found with 'Indians' engraved on my brain when I am dead. A fire has been kindled within me, which will never go out.
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Pericles
Greek Statesman
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
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Natalie Clifford Barney
American Author
Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
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Mary of Teck
Royalty
When I die India will be found engraved on my heart.
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Peter Schmeichel
Danish Athlete
If you have been brought up with attacking and trying to get to number two, number three, number four goal, not getting one goal and defend, if that's sort of the mentality that's engraved in you, it's really difficult to do the other thing.
Quote examples
Pope John Paul II
Polish Saint
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
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Scott Reed
Author
Every suggested idea produces a corresponding physical reaction. Every idea constantly repeated ends by being engraved upon the brain, provoking the act which corresponds to that idea.
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Martin Luther
German Leader
I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.
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Theodore William Richards
American Scientist
If our inconceivably ancient universe even had any beginning, the conditions determining that beginning must even now be engraved in the atomic weights.
Quote examples
Sophie Turner
British Actress
When I was fifteen, I got a Tiffany's necklace from the producers of 'Game of Thrones' with my character's name Sansa engraved on it.
Quote examples
Helen Hunt Jackson
American Writer
I shall be found with 'Indians' engraved on my brain when I am dead. A fire has been kindled within me, which will never go out.
Quote examples
Pericles
Greek Statesman
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
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Natalie Clifford Barney
American Author
Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
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Mary of Teck
Royalty
When I die India will be found engraved on my heart.
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