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Engrave

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

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Verb group 8

Etch 84% connected

A variant of Eddish.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Etch 84% connected

A variant of Eddish.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Grave 84% connected

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 t…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Grave 84% connected

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 t…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Inscribe 84% connected

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Inscribe 84% connected

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Scratch 84% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Scratch 84% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 6

Affect 76% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Carve 76% connected

To cut.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Impress 76% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Print 76% connected

To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Strike 76% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Character 76% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stipple 76% connected

To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Engraver 74% connected

One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Engraver 74% connected

One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Etch 92% connected

A variant of Eddish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Grave 92% connected

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 t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Inscribe 92% connected

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Scratch 92% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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