What is the meaning of graven in these lines?

Q: What does graven mean in Old English?

Word History: Graven comes from Old English grafan to scratch, dig, carve, chisel. Between two vowels F was pronounced [v] in Old English. It is cousin to Dutch graven to dig, mine, German graben to dig, and Danish gravere to engrave.

Q: Where does the word graven come from?

to engrave, Old English grafan to dig, dig up; engrave, carve, chisel (medial -f- pronounced as v in Old English; past tense grof, past participle grafen), from Proto-Germanic.

Top Definitions
Quiz
Related Content
Examples
British

This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.

Índice Show

Origin of graven
OTHER WORDS FROM graven
Words nearby graven
Words related to graven
How to use graven in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for graven
Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:
Wiktionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:
Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:
How to pronounce graven?
How to say graven in sign language?
Examples of graven in a Sentence
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translation
Word of the Day
Are we missing a good definition for graven? Don't keep it to yourself...
Whats the meaning of graven?
What does graven mean in Old English?
Where does the word graven come from?
Which context clue best support the definition of belied as contradicted or disproved?

[ grey-vuhn ]

/ ˈgreɪ vən /

This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.

verb

adjective

deeply impressed; firmly fixed.

carved; sculptured: a graven idol.

QUIZ

SHALL WE PLAY A "SHALL" VS. "SHOULD" CHALLENGE?

Should you take this quiz on “shall” versus “should”? It should prove to be a quick challenge!

Question 1 of 6

Which form is used to state an obligation or duty someone has?

Origin of graven

1200–50; Middle English. See grave3, -en3

OTHER WORDS FROM graven

non·grav·en, adjectiveun·grav·en, adjectivewell-graven, adjective

Words nearby graven

gravel-blind, graveldiver, gravelly, gravel-voiced, Gravely, graven, Gravenhage, graven image, graveolent, graver, graverobber

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022

How to use graven in a sentence

Even when Levon Helm was young, he had a voice that spoke to you with the authority of something graven in stone.
They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god.
And I will make thy bulwarks of jasper: and thy gates of graven stones, and all thy borders of desirable stones.
What doth the graven thing avail, because the maker thereof hath graven it, a molten, and a false image?

Of all these graven images existed, carved by men's hands,--some in the form of animals, like the winged bulls of Nineveh.
"Ay, with the cross graven on it," I answered; and my words checked a laugh that was on Evan's lips.

British Dictionary definitions for graven

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

graven, sculpted, sculpturedadjective
cut into a desired shape
"graven images"; "sculptured representations"
engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribedadjective
cut or impressed into a surface
"an incised design"; "engraved invitations"

Wiktionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

gravenadjective
carved, engraved
gravenadjective

Something fashioned by man, or something man-made. Anything made by man's hands.
gravenadjective
Something that is not alive, but made dead, from the grave.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Graven
of Grave
Gravenverb
carved

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

Graven
grāv′n, pa.p. of grave, to carve, engrave.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

Graven
To be sulky or depress.
He had a graven expression.
Submitted by anonymous on July 24, 2019

How to pronounce graven?

How to say graven in sign language?

Numerology

Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of graven in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of graven in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of graven in a Sentence

Miki Turner:
We put these people up on these pedestals and we're sort of guilty of perpetuating this graven imagery that we worship, and then when they fall, the first thing people want to do is like, take this away, take that away.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

graven#10000#75963#100000

Translation

Find a translation for the graven definition in other languages:

Select another language:

- Select -
简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
Español (Spanish)
Esperanto (Esperanto)
日本語 (Japanese)
Português (Portuguese)
Deutsch (German)
العربية (Arabic)
Français (French)
Русский (Russian)
ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
한국어 (Korean)
עברית (Hebrew)
Gaeilge (Irish)
Українська (Ukrainian)
اردو (Urdu)
Magyar (Hungarian)
मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
Indonesia (Indonesian)
Italiano (Italian)
தமிழ் (Tamil)
Türkçe (Turkish)
తెలుగు (Telugu)
ภาษาไทย (Thai)
Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
Čeština (Czech)
Polski (Polish)
Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
Românește (Romanian)
Nederlands (Dutch)
Ελληνικά (Greek)
Latinum (Latin)
Svenska (Swedish)
Dansk (Danish)
Suomi (Finnish)
فارسی (Persian)
ייִדיש (Yiddish)
հայերեն (Armenian)
Norsk (Norwegian)
English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Are we missing a good definition for graven? Don't keep it to yourself...

Whats the meaning of graven?

deeply impressed; firmly fixed. 3. carved; sculptured. a graven idol.

What does graven mean in Old English?

Word History: Graven comes from Old English grafan "to scratch, dig, carve, chisel". Between two vowels F was pronounced [v] in Old English. It is cousin to Dutch graven "to dig, mine", German graben "to dig", and Danish gravere "to engrave".

Where does the word graven come from?

"to engrave," Old English grafan "to dig, dig up; engrave, carve, chisel" (medial -f- pronounced as "v" in Old English; past tense grof, past participle grafen), from Proto-Germanic.