graving

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪvɪŋ/ === Verb === graving present participle and gerund of grave === Noun === graving (plural gravings) The act of cleaning a ship's bottom. (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 ====