to engrave

Examples

• All

• Those words are engraved upon my heart...

  Death Defying Acts (2007)

• The law must be engraved in our hearts and practiced every minute, to the letter and spirit.

  The Talk of the Town (1942)

• But you, our Lord, you stand with us and engrave the law on our hearts.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The look the old woman had given him would remain engraved in his memory.

  Fiction book (1992)

• But this one will remain forever engraved in my mind.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Every look, tone, gesture... is engraved in my mind.

  Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

• Their flights of migration are determined by old patterns that have engraved themselves in their brains and bodies.

  Academic text (2009)

• All these will be noted and engraved in memory and history, and his well-deserved accolades will pile up.

  Academic text (2010)

• Governor Zacharia Beechie hesitated to approach, absorbing the moment, engraving it in his mind.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The lesson about kindness was so impactful that it will be engraved in her memory forever.

Synonyms

E

to etch

vsto engrave

28 6.0

To make a memory or image clear and lasting in your mind

creates a deep lasting impression rather than only clear definition

T

to tattoo

vsto engrave

3 6.0

To make an image or memory stay clearly in someone's mind

is a deep mental impression but may not imply a literal permanent marking

E

to eternize

vsto engrave

9.9

To make something last forever in people's memory or art

focuses on a deep mental fix rather than broad eternal preservation

Antonyms

F

to forget

∞ 1.0

Not remember something you should remember

E

to erase

144 1.6

Remove marks, writing, or digital files so they are no longer visible

How Deep

to embed

88 4.8

to engrave

6 5.3

to impress

457 2.8

to note

318 1.8

to mention

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology