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# incise

«incise» in Mova's school dictionary: **To cut carefully into a surface, such as stone, wood or skin** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (incise, incises, incised, incising)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To cut carefully into a surface, such as stone, wood or skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incise/#m1)

2) To carve a pattern or letters into something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In art and history: patterns incised on pottery, letters incised in stone. In medicine: a doctor incises the skin during an operation. It is a formal word; everyday words are «cut» or «carve».

### examples

- Ancient people incised patterns on their pots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incise/#x1)
- The names were incised in the stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incise/#x2)
- The surgeon incised the skin carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incise/#x3)
- Use a cocktail stick to incise lines in the clay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incise/#x4)
- The carver incised a fish shape on the wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incise/#x5)

### note

Formal. Noun: incision (a cut made by a doctor). Related: incisor (a front cutting tooth). Do not confuse with «incite» (to stir people up).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.