cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object:my name was engraved on the ring cut or carve a text or design on (a hard object): the crystal glasses were engraved with the Queen’s cipher cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing: his drawings of public buildings were engraved by Edward Rooker (
be engraved on or
in)
be permanently fixed in (one’s memory or mind):the image would be forever engraved in his memory
