حَفَرَ: أحْدَثَ حُفْرَةً فِي، نَقَرَ to dig; to excavate; to spade; to bore, hole, drill; to sink (a well, etc.); to drill (for oil, etc.)

حَفَرَ: نَقَشَ، نَحَتَ to engrave, inscribe, chase, incise; to sink; to carve, grave

حَفَرَ الكِليشِيه إلخ to engrave, photoengrave, etch