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graven

The correct spelling is graven.

How to pronounce graven

verb

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The correct spelling is graven. To dig. For example: "to grave an image"

Usage Examples

to grave an image

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To dig.
  2. 2.To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
  3. 3.To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
  4. 4.To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
  5. 5.To entomb; to bury.

adjective

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

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