Incise

/ɪnˈsaɪz/

Synonyms for "incise" (259 found)

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Closest matches (52)

abrade amputate autolithograph ax barkbe a printmakerbisect blaze blemish bloody book breach break broach burn butcher calendar calibrate canal canalize

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carve catalog chafe chalkchalk upchamfer channel character checkcheck inchink chip chisel chop chronicle claw cleave corrugate crack craze crease crenellate crenulate crevasse cribble crimp crosshatch cutcut apartcut away

Verb(2 words)

carve woodcut

Strong matches (78)

cut in twocut offcut opendado dichotomize dike dispart dissever ditch divaricate divide docket enchase engrave enroll enscroll enter excise filefill out

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fissure flutefly openfracture fray frazzle fret furrow gall gap gash goffer gouge grave groove gully hack halve hatch hew hurt impanel indent index ingrain injure inscribe insert jag jigsaw jotjot downknurl lacerate lancelay openline list lithograph

Verb(10 words)

engraveengrave metalsengraved engraves etch etched gash inscribe laciniate lanced

Noun(9 words)

engraving metaletches etchingetching printmakingetching texturegashes gashing intagli lancing

Related words (129)

log machicolate maimmake a memorandummake a notemake an entrymake mincemeat ofmake outmake printsmarkmark downmatriculate maul mill minute mutilate nick notch notenote down

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ope openopen uppare part picot pierce pinkplace upon recordpleat plow poll postpost upprint prune punctureput downput in writingput on paperput on taperabbet recordreduce to writingregister rend rent rifle rift rip rive run rupture rut savage saw scald scallop scarify scissor scorch score scotch scrape scratch scribe scuff sculpture separate serrateset downsever skin slash slice slit slot snip split sprain spreadspread outspringspring openstab stick stipple strain streak striate sunderswing opentabulatetake downtap tape tape-record teartear openthrow opentool tooth traumatize trench trough vandyke videotape whittle wound wrench wrinkle writewrite downwrite inwrite outwrite up

Verb(7 words)

morticed notched operate perforating scarified slice slit

Noun(5 words)

notches scarifying slits slitter slitting

Adjective(1 words)

runcinate

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More general

3 entries

cut engravesurgical procedure

More specific

6 entries

groove line slice slittransverse incisionvertical incision

Collocations

5 entries

incise boneincise marginincise openingincise skinincise tissue

Inflections

3 entries

incised incises incising

Derivations

4 entries

incision incisive incisively reincise

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The executioner’s blade is incised with Christ’s crown of thorns, and with the words of a prayer.

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