Engrave

v. carve out letters or designs on hard surfaces; impress deeply

Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold or steel are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper, which are called engravings. Engraving was a historically important method of producing images on paper, both in artistic printmaking, and also for commercial reproductions and illustrations for books and magazines. It has long been replaced by photography in its commercial applications and, partly because of the difficulty of learning the technique, is much less common in printmaking, where it has been largely replaced by etching and other techniques. Other terms often used for engravings are copper-plate engraving and Line engraving. These should all mean exactly the same, but especially in the past were often used very loosely to cover several printmaking techniques, so that many so-called engravings were in fact produced by totally different techniques, such as etching.
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Verb
1. carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup"
(synonym) grave, inscribe
(hypernym) carve, chip at
(hyponym) character
(derivation) engraver
2. impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory"
(hypernym) affect, impress, move, strike
3. carve, cut, or etch into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter"
(hypernym) print
(hyponym) benday
(derivation) gravure
(classification) art, artistic creation, artistic production
4. carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name"
(hypernym) carve, chip at
(verb-group) grave, inscribe

(v. t.)
To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.
  

(v. t.)
To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.
  

(v. t.)
To deposit in the grave; to bury.
  

(v. t.)
To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.
  

(v. t.)
To cut in; to make by incision.
  

To decorate metal by gouging a design with graver's tools. This was a popular technique in mid-Victorian jewelry. The resulting depressions were often filled with colored enamel. Also refers to inscribing a dedication or monogram to identify a piece. Stamped pieces can be designed to imitate hand engraving. Under magnification, the design is much more sharp in a hand engraved piece, with subtle irregularities.