- verbetch (verb) · etches (third person present) · etched (past tense) · etched (past participle) · etching (present participle)
- engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it:"aquatint is a process of achieving tone by etching a metal plate"
- use the etching process to produce (a print or design):"the gallery has 12,000 prints engraved and etched by celebrated masters" · "the image is etched into the metal plate"
- (of an acid or other solvent) corrode or eat away the surface of (something):"tiny droplets in the glaze emulsion were etched away by acid"
- selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons:"ballistic electron emission microscopy is used to etch templates for even smaller circuits"
- cut or carve (a text or design) on a surface:"her initials were etched on the table" · "his name is etched in baseball history"
- mark (a surface) with a carved text or design:"a Pictish stone etched with mysterious designs" · "her face was etched with tiredness"
- cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible:"Jo watched the outline of the town etched against the sky"
- (be etched)(of an experience, image, etc.) be permanently fixed in someone's memory:"the events remain etched in the minds of all who witnessed them"
nounetch (noun) · etches (plural noun)- the action or process of etching something:"semiconductor production processes such as plasma etch" · "acetic acid gives a more selective etch"
Originmid 17th century: from Dutch etsen, from German ätzen, from a base meaning ‘cause to eat’; related to eat.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it:
- (of an acid or other solvent) corrode or eat away the surface of (something):
- cut or carve (a text or design) on a surface:
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