adj
Meaning 1
carved, engraved
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
graven
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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rhymes with -eɪvən
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CMU ARPABET: G R EY1 V AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
past participle of grave
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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verb
Meaning 4
To make graven or engraved
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To make or become grave (serious or sombre)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
cut or impressed into a surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an incised design
- engraved invitations
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: engraved, etched, incised, inscribed
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
cut into a desired shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- graven images
- sculptured representations
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sculpted, sculptured
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English graven, igraven, from Old English grafen, ġegrafen, from Proto-Germanic *grabanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig, trench”).
* As an English surname, a topographic surname for someone living near a ditch, from Middle Low German grav (“moat, ditch”), from Old Saxon graf, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, the source of grave. * As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse gróf (“depression, hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō.
From graven (adjective) above.
From grave (adjective) + -en.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: gegraveerd — Translations
- Hebrew: מפוסל (mefusál) — Translations
- Hebrew: מגולף (meguláf) — Translations
- Hebrew: טבוע (tavúa) — Translations
- Irish: grábháilte — Translations
- Irish: greanta — Translations
- Latin: ingravēscō — Translations