graving

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪvɪŋ/

Verb

graving

  1. present participle and gerund of grave

Noun

graving (plural gravings)

  1. The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.
  2. (obsolete) An engraving.
    • 1610, Douay–Rheims Bible, 3 Kings vii. 28
      And the work itself of the bases, was intergraven: and there were gravings between the joinings.

Derived terms
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