to imprint

Examples

• All

• The shadow of a small boy imprinted on a wall of luminous moss.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Similarly, Catalina's cape and the hems of the women's gowns were imprinted with Tudor symbols.

  Academic text (2017)

• The name of a drug company had been imprinted in black around its base.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Everything you do or learn will be imprinted on this disc.

  Tron (1982)

• It's a business card, already imprinted with her name, telephone number, and Park Slope address.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Moreover, on one side they had the head of an Indian chief imprinted.

  Academic text (2010)

• In most races, runners wear a small rectangular sheet of paper called a bib, imprinted with a participant number.

  Academic text (2013)

• Inevitable fires turned the plaster to brick, which preserved it and anything imprinted in it, including knots, building materials, and fingerprints.

  Academic text (2006)

• The fields beneath me were imprinted with patterns suggestive of runes or astrological symbols.

  Fiction book (1995)

• He pressed the seal down to imprint the design onto the wax.

Synonyms

M

to mark

vsto imprint

50 3.0

Leave a permanent scar on skin or a surface

is the specific stamping action using pressure rather than any permanent trace

S

to stamp

vsto imprint

40 2.2

To press a design or letters into something with a tool

is about leaving a pressed image rather than shaping or machine use

I

to inscribe

vsto imprint

31 5.3

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

is about pressing to form an image rather than mainly writing or engraving

E

to etch

vsto imprint

28 6.0

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

is the physical press to leave an image rather than a figurative lasting effect

E

to emboss

vsto imprint

• Specialized

13 6.8

To raise a design on paper or leather by pressing it

is the general pressing action and does not always raise the design

I

to impress

vsto imprint

8 4.5

To press a design into a surface

is focused on making an image by pressure rather than decorative pattern

I

to ink

vsto imprint

4 2.4

To mark something with a colored liquid used for writing

is the pressing action forming an image rather than marking with liquid

I

to incuse

vsto imprint

• Specialized

9.9

To press a design into metal so it sits below the surface

is the general pressed marking action, not limited to below surface effects

E

to emboss initials

vsto imprint

• Specialized

7.1

To press initials so they are raised above the surface

is the general pressing action not limited to letters or personalization

P

to prestamp

vsto imprint

7.2

To put a stamp or official mark on something before it is sent

is the general marking by pressure and not tied to timing or official use

Antonyms

E

to erase

144 1.6

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

How Deep

to engrave

47 5.2

to imprint

12 3.8

to emboss

• Specialized

13 6.8

press

11 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology