different between engraving vs graven

English

Noun

engraving (countable and uncountable, plural engravings)

1. The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.
2. (printing) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.

   Coordinate terms: drypoint, etching

   Hypernym: intaglio

   Hyponyms: copperplate engraving, line engraving, photoengraving, steel engraving

3. (countable) A print produced from an engraving.
4. (music) The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.

Related terms

• engrave
• whittle
• carve

Translations

Verb

engraving

1. present participle of engrave

Further reading

• engraving on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• music engraving on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• gravening

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?v?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English graven, igraven, from Old English grafen, ?egrafen, from Proto-Germanic *grabanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *graban? (“to dig, trench”).

Verb

graven

1. past participle of grave

Adjective

graven (not comparable)

1. carved, engraved
   • Old Testament (Exodus 20:4 KJV)

     Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.

2. Something fashioned by man, or something man-made. Anything made by man's hands.
3. Something that is not alive, but made dead, from the grave.

Translations

Etymology 2

From graven (adjective) above.

Verb

graven (third-person singular simple present gravens, present participle gravening, simple past and past participle gravened)

1. (transitive, archaic) To make graven or engraved

Etymology 3

From grave (adjective) +? -en.

Verb

graven (third-person singular simple present gravens, present participle gravening, simple past and past participle gravened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become grave (serious or sombre)

Catalan

Verb

graven

1. third-person plural present indicative form of gravar

Danish

Noun

graven c

1. definite singular of grav

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ra?v?(n)/
• Hyphenation: gra?ven
• Rhymes: -a?v?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gr?ven, from Old Dutch gravan, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, from Proto-Germanic *graban?.

Verb

graven

1. (transitive or intransitive) To dig physically.
2. To search for information.

Inflection

Synonyms

• delven
• spitten

Derived terms

Related terms

• graf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

graven

1. Plural form of graf

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

graven

1. Plural form of graaf

Anagrams

• vragen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch gravan

Verb

gr?ven

1. To dig.
2. To bury.

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: graven
• Limburgish: grave

Further reading

• “graven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “graven (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• grava

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r???n?/
• Rhymes: -???n?
• Hyphenation: grav?en

Noun

graven m or f

1. definite masculine singular of grav

Noun

graven m

1. definite singular of grave

Spanish

Verb

graven

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of gravar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of gravar.
3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of gravar.

Swedish

Noun

graven

1. definite singular of grav

Anagrams

• vargen