| Main Entry: | engrave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carve letters or designs into |
Synonyms: |
bite, burn, chase, chisel, crosshatch, cut, diaper, embed, enchase, etch, fix, grave, hatch, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, initial, inscribe, instill, intaglio, lithograph, lodge, mezzotint, ornament, print, scratch, stipple |
| Main Entry: | engraved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | carved |
Synonyms: |
chased, decorated, embossed, etched, furrowed, incised, lithographed, minted, scratched |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrode, eat away |
Synonyms: |
burn, consume, decay, decompose, deteriorate, dissolve, eat into, engrave, erode, etch, oxidize, rot, rust, scour, sear, slash, smart, sting, tingle, wear away |
| Main Entry: | carve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut carefully with sharp instrument |
Synonyms: |
block out, chip, chisel, cleave, dissect, dissever, divide, engrave, etch, fashion, form, grave, hack, hew, incise, indent, insculpt, model, mold, mould, pattern, rough-hew, sculpt, shape, slash, slice, stipple, sunder, tool, trim, whittle |
| Main Entry: | copy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate |
Synonyms: |
Xerox, carbon, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, delineate, depict, ditto, draw, dupe, engrave, engross, fake, forge, imitate, knock off, limn, manifold, mimeo, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, photostat, picture, plagiarize, portray, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, replicate, represent, reproduce, rewrite, sculpture, simulate, sketch, stat, trace, transcribe |
| Notes: | Xerox is actually a trademark for copies made on that brand of machine; copy is a duplicate made in any of a number of ways, while photocopy is a duplicate made using a machine with a photographic process |
| Main Entry: | draw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create a likeness in a picture |
Synonyms: |
caricature, chart, compose, crayon, delineate, depict, describe, design, draft, engrave, etch, express, form, formulate, frame, graph, limn, map out, mark, model, outline, paint, pencil, portray, prepare, profile, sketch, trace, write |
| Main Entry: | etch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carve |
Synonyms: |
compose, corrode, cut, define, delineate, depict, describe, eat into, engrave, erode, execute, furrow, grave, impress, imprint, incise, ingrain, inscribe, outline, picture, portray, reduce, represent, set forth, stamp |
| Main Entry: | graphic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pictorial, visible |
Synonyms: |
blocked-out, delineated, depicted, descriptive, diagrammatic, drawn, engraved, etched, iconographic, illustrated, illustrational, illustrative, marked-out, outlined, painted, photographic, pictoric, pictured, portrayed, representational, seen, sketched, traced, visual |
Antonyms: |
obscure, vague |
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | press down to make design |
Synonyms: |
carve, dent, emboss, engrave, etch, imprint, indent, inscribe, mark, print, stamp |
Antonyms: |
take apart |
| Main Entry: | imprint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stamp |
Synonyms: |
designate, engrave, establish, etch, fix, impress, inscribe, mark, offset, print |