Thesaurus results for GRAVED

graved

verb

past tense of grave

as in etched

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face

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Her spot at the support group, which now lights a blue candle with her name etched onto it before every meeting.

— Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 18 July 2026
As for the nil-nil draw between Curaçao and Ecuador, three days later, no doubt every sweating tackle will be etched into the consciousness of the seventy thousand spectators who packed into Kansas City Stadium.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

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It is also engraved with that all-important serial number, which marks the moment when the dual-balance timepiece first became commercially available.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 July 2026
Even during Hale’s time, however, most of the stones at Blake Street did not have engraved names.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026

Definition of engraved

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When Tori Penso walked onto the field, her three daughters were with her – their names inscribed on her cleats as a reminder of what the occasion meant beyond the whistle.

— Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
The names of every winning team since 1947 are inscribed on its base.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of inscribed

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What's more, that hostility that led lawmakers in Indianapolis to kill state funding for public broadcasting no longer seems carved in stone.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 26 July 2026
For many the agency has lost its way (unless your public comments serve to restrict gopher tortoises, or applaud bear hunts or cheer for a high-speed roadway carved through conservation lands).

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026

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