grabar — 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.
- grave noun A hole dug in the ground to bury a dead body.
- record noun A written or stored account of information, kept for future reference.
- save verb To rescue someone or something from harm or danger.
- scribe noun A person employed to write or copy documents by hand, especially historically.
- tape verb To fasten, seal, or attach something using adhesive tape.
Senses
grabar 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.
- save (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- scribe (carpentry) To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.
- tape To record, originally onto magnetic tape.
etch — full definition
- verb To cut a design or pattern into a hard surface using acid, a needle, or another sharp tool.
- verb To fix something firmly and permanently in someone's memory.