to grave

Examples

• All

• And I got him a beautiful gift, beautiful gold, a goblet graved with his name.

  Late Night with Seth Meyers

• This time, the words had the inexorable finality of letters graven on stone.

  Fiction book (1992)

• This is the verse you grave for me:

  Academic text (2008)

• Isaiah 42:8 (KJV) I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

  Blog text (27)

• The artisan will grave intricate designs onto the marble surface for the fountain.

• Before the wedding, he decided to grave their names and the date on the wedding rings.

Synonyms

C

to carve

vsto grave

272 2.1

Cut shapes and patterns into wood, stone and other hard materials

is narrower, concentrating on cutting letters or patterns into hard surfaces

S

to scratch

vsto grave

161 1.1

To cut or mark a surface by scraping it with something sharp

is a deliberate, deeper cutting to create lasting patterns or characters

E

to engrave

vsto grave

47 5.2

To cut words and pictures into a hard surface like metal or wood

is about cutting or etching letters and patterns into hard surfaces

I

to inscribe

vsto grave

31 5.3

Put words on something like a book or monument so they last

is focused on physical cutting into surfaces rather than only marking

E

to etch

vsto grave

18 5.5

To cut a design into metal or glass with a sharp tool

is normally done by cutting with tools rather than by chemicals

L

to letter

vsto grave

6 7.7

To write words or names on a surface

is broader, covering decorative patterns and designs as well as text

Antonyms

E

to erase

144 1.6

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

Idioms

D

to dig one's own grave

• Informal

3 7.1

To do something that makes you fail

O

one foot in the grave

• Informal

3 8.0

Almost dying because of old age or poor health

T

to the grave

2 8.4

Keep a secret until you die

F

from the cradle to the grave

• Informal

2 4.0

Lasts from a person's birth to their death

T

to turn in one's grave

• Informal

1 8.6

To think a dead person is very upset because something goes against what they cared about

S

silent as the grave

• Literature

1 5.7

Completely quiet with no sound at all

F

to follow to the grave

• Informal

8.6

Stay loyal to someone until you die

Compounds

C

cradle-to-grave

5 7.3

Lasting for a person's whole life or for the whole time something exists

G

grave robbing

• NSFW

3 7.9

An illegal act of digging up graves to steal things or bodies

G

grave accent

• Specialized

8.1

A small mark placed above a vowel to show how to say it

G

grave accent

• Specialized

7.7

A character used in computer text to show code or run commands

G

grave mound

• Specialized

8.8

A heap of earth built over a grave in ancient times

How Deep

to carve

272 2.1

to etch

18 5.5

to grave

• Archaic

1 7.7

to scratch

161 1.1

score

13 7.8

Surface Forms

Etymology