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Etch
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Etch has 5 senses
- etch(v = verb.creation) Array - make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface" is one way to print
- etch(v = verb.perception) Array - cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky" is one way to show
- etch(v = verb.creation) engrave - carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter" is one way to print
- etch(v = verb.contact) engrave - carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" is one way to carve, chip at
- etch(v = verb.change) Array - selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons; Array is one way to dissolve
Derived forms noun etcher1, noun etching3, noun etching2, noun etching1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Etch, n.
A variant of Eddish. Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
Etch, v. t. [D. etsen, G. ätzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen . See Eat.].
- To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid. [1913 Webster]" The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare." [1913 Webster]
- To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal. [1913 Webster]"I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875." [1913 Webster]
- To sketch; to delineate. [1913 Webster]"There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system." [1913 Webster]
Etch, v. i.
To practice etching; to make etchings. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Etch, v. & n.
--v.
1 a tr. reproduce (a picture etc.) by engraving a design on a metal plate with acid (esp. to print copies). b tr. engrave (a plate) in this way.
2 intr. practise this craft.
3 tr. (foll. by on, upon) impress deeply (esp. on the mind).
--n. the action or process of etching.
--v.
1 a tr. reproduce (a picture etc.) by engraving a design on a metal plate with acid (esp. to print copies). b tr. engrave (a plate) in this way.
2 intr. practise this craft.
3 tr. (foll. by on, upon) impress deeply (esp. on the mind).
--n. the action or process of etching.
Derivative
etcher n.
Etymology
Du. etsen f. G {auml}tzen etch f. OHG azzen cause to eat or to be eaten f. Gmc
THESAURUS
Etch
bed, bite, bring home to, carve, confirm, corrode, cut, deep-dye, define, delineate, depict, describe, eat, eat into, eat out, embed, engraft, engrave, engrave on, entrench, establish, fix, found, grave, ground, impact, implant, impress, impress upon, imprint, incise, inculcate, infix, ingrain, inscribe, instill, jam, lodge, make it felt, outline, pack, picture, plant, portray, print, represent, root, score, scratch, seat, set, set forth, set in, settle, stamp, stamp on, stereotype, wedgeROGET THESAURUS
Etch
Furrow
VB furrow, flute, plow, incise, engrave, etch, bite in.Engraving
VB engrave, grave, stipple, scrape, etch, bite, bite in, lithograph, print.
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