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graving

grave
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [greyv]
    • /greɪv/
    • /ˈgreɪvɪŋ /
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [greyv]
    • /greɪv/

Definitions of graving word

  • verb with object graving to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship). 1
  • noun graving Present participle of grave. 1
  • noun graving The act of cleaning a ship's bottom. 0
  • noun graving (Obsolete (No longer in use)) An engraving. 0
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Origin of graving

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English graven, Old English grafan; cognate with German graben

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Parts of speech for Graving

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Graving

graving popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for graving

verb graving

  • fashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
  • divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
  • hack — to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
  • chisel — A chisel is a tool that has a long metal blade with a sharp edge at the end. It is used for cutting and shaping wood and stone.
  • shape — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
All 75 Synonyms of graving

Antonyms for graving

verb graving

  • combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
  • unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
  • increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
  • mend — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
  • sew — to ground (a vessel) at low tide (sometimes fol by up).
All 13 Antonyms of graving

Related words

  • burin

    a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp lozenge-shaped point, used for engraving furrows in metal, wood, or marble

  • dry dock

    A dry dock is a dock from which water can be removed so that ships or boats can be built or repaired.

  • grave

    the grave accent.

  • graving dock

    an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.

  • graving piece

    a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.

  • toreutic

    of or relating to toreutics or the objects produced by this technique.
All related words to graving

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