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Webster 1913 Edition
Graver
Graver
,Noun.
1.
One who graves; an engraver or a sculptor; one whose occupation is te cut letters or figures in stone or other hard material.
2.
An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin.
Webster 1828 Edition
Graver
GRA'VER
,Noun.
1.
An engraving tool; an instrument for graving on hard substances.Definition 2024
graver
graver
See also: gräver
English
Noun
graver (plural gravers)
- a burin
- a carver or engraver
- Tomlinson
- The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.
- Tomlinson
Translations
burin
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carver or engraver
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Adjective
graver
Danish
Noun
graver c (singular definite graveren, plural indefinite gravere)
Declension
Inflection of graver
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | graver | graveren | gravere | graverne |
| genitive | gravers | graverens | graveres | gravernes |
References
- “graver” in Den Danske Ordbog
Verb
graver
- imperative of gravere
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Frankish *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną. Akin to English grave (“pit for burial”).
Pronunciation
Verb
graver
Conjugation of graver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | graver | avoir gravé | |||||
| gerund | en gravant | en ayant gravé | |||||
| present participle | gravant /ɡʁa.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gravé /ɡʁa.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grave /ɡʁav/ |
graves /ɡʁav/ |
grave /ɡʁav/ |
gravons /ɡʁa.vɔ̃/ |
gravez /ɡʁa.ve/ |
gravent /ɡʁav/ |
| imperfect | gravais /ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
gravais /ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
gravait /ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
gravions /ɡʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
graviez /ɡʁa.vje/ |
gravaient /ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | gravai /ɡʁa.ve/ |
gravas /ɡʁa.va/ |
grava /ɡʁa.va/ |
gravâmes /ɡʁa.vam/ |
gravâtes /ɡʁa.vat/ |
gravèrent /ɡʁa.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | graverai /ɡʁa.vʁe/ |
graveras /ɡʁa.vʁa/ |
gravera /ɡʁa.vʁa/ |
graverons /ɡʁa.vʁɔ̃/ |
graverez /ɡʁa.vʁe/ |
graveront /ɡʁa.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | graverais /ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
graverais /ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
graverait /ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
graverions /ɡʁa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
graveriez /ɡʁa.və.ʁje/ |
graveraient /ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grave /ɡʁav/ |
graves /ɡʁav/ |
grave /ɡʁav/ |
gravions /ɡʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
graviez /ɡʁa.vje/ |
gravent /ɡʁav/ |
| imperfect1 |
gravasse /ɡʁa.vas/ |
gravasses /ɡʁa.vas/ |
gravât /ɡʁa.va/ |
gravassions /ɡʁa.va.sjɔ̃/ |
gravassiez /ɡʁa.va.sje/ |
gravassent /ɡʁa.vas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | grave /ɡʁav/ |
— | gravons /ɡʁa.vɔ̃/ |
gravez /ɡʁa.ve/ |
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