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gravar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • engrave verb To cut letters, patterns, or images into a hard surface, typically metal, stone, or wood.
  • etch verb To cut a design or pattern into a hard surface using acid, a needle, or another sharp tool.
  • tax noun Money that a government requires people or businesses to pay, used to fund public services.

Senses

gravar is used for these senses in English:

  • etch To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
  • tax (transitive) To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).

etch — full definition

  1. verb To cut a design or pattern into a hard surface using acid, a needle, or another sharp tool.
  2. verb To fix something firmly and permanently in someone's memory.

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