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1. Cut into a desired shape
   "graven images";
   - sculpted, sculptured
    
2. Cut or impressed into a surface
   "graven invitations";
   - engraved, etched, incised, inscribed

1. Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
   "She is graving the block of marble into an image of her husband";
   - sculpt, sculpture, sculp
    
2. Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
   - scratch, engrave, inscribe
    
3. Impress deeply on the mind

See also: carved, carven [archaic]

Type of: carve, chip at

Encyclopedia: Graven