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incise

/ɪnˈsaɪz/

incise verb: to cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

incise: to cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave
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Verb

incise (third-person singular simple present incises, present participle incising, simple past and past participle incised)

  1. (transitive) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
    • The executioner’s blade is incised with Christ’s crown of thorns, and with the words of a prayer.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 5

incise meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

incise in Tamil

உட்செதுக்கு, எழுத்து, சித்திரம் முதலியன பொறி, வெட்டு

incise in Urdu

چیرنا, گھاؤ, کاٹنا, کندہ کرنا

incise in Bengali

incise
চেরা cera

incise in Malayalam

make an incision in, cut (open), slit (open)
അറുക്കുക, മുറിക്കുക, ഛേദിക്കുക, അരിയുക, മുറിവുണ്ടാക്കുക, വെട്ടുക
carve, engrave, etch
ചെത്തിയുണ്ടാക്കുക, കൊത്തിവരയ്ക്കുക, കൊത്തുപണി ചെയ്യുക, കൊത്തിവയ്ക്കുക, ചെത്തിയൊരുക്കുക, മുദ്ര കൊത്തുക
More languagesFewer languages
incise in Kannada
ಕೆತ್ತು, ಕೊರೆ

Forms of incise

third-person singular presentincises
present participleincising
past participleincised
pastincised
alternative formencise

Origin of incise

From Middle French inciser.

Words formed from incise

Words that rhyme with incise

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about incise

What does incise mean?
Incise means to cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
What is incise in Tamil?
Incise in Tamil is உட்செதுக்கு, எழுத்து, சித்திரம் முதலியன பொறி. See Incise meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is incise?
Incise is a verb.
How do you pronounce incise?
Incise is pronounced /ɪnˈsaɪz/.
What is the past tense of incise?
The past tense of incise is incised.

Words near incise in the dictionary

  1. incircumspection
  2. incircumspectly
  3. incirrate
  4. incirrates
  5. incisal
  6. incise
  7. incised
  8. incised meander
  9. incised meanders
  10. incisely
  11. incises

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: incise (page history and authors); incise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incise (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); চেরা (Bengali) (page history and authors); incise (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); incise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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