graving Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
    sculpture; grave; sculpt.
    • She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband
  2. verb carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
    scratch; inscribe; grave; engrave.
    • engrave a pen
    • engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's
    • the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree

WordNet

Grav"ing noun
Etymology
From Grave to clean.
Definitions
  1. The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.
Grav"ing noun
Etymology
From Grave to dig.
Definitions
  1. The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, esp. by incision or in intaglio.
  2. That which is graved or carved. R.
    Skillful to . . . grave any manner of graving. 2 Chron. ii. 14.
  3. Impression, as upon the mind or heart.
    New gravings upon their souls. Eikon Basilike

Webster 1913