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

• graving dock