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Meaning of graving

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

graving

Pronunciation:/ˈɡɹeɪvɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To dig.

  2. To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

  3. To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.

    Example: to grave an image

  4. To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

verb

Definitions

  1. To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.

  2. An engraving.