Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun engraving

3 senses of engraving

Sense 1
engraving -- (a print made from an engraving)
       => print -- (a picture or design printed from an engraving)

Sense 2
engraving -- (a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved)
       => plate -- (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)

Sense 3
engraving, etching -- (making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them)
       => printmaking -- (artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb engrave

4 senses of engrave

Sense 1
scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe -- (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")
       => carve, chip at -- (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark")

Sense 2
engrave -- (impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory")
       => affect, impress, move, strike -- (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd")

Sense 3
engrave, etch -- (carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter")
       => print -- (make into a print; "print the negative")

Sense 4
engrave, etch -- (carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name")
       => carve, chip at -- (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark")