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Definition of Etch

1. Verb. Make an etching of. "He etched her image into the surface"

2. Verb. Cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible. "The leafless branches etched against the sky"

3. Verb. Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block. "Engrave a letter"

4. Verb. Carve or cut a design or letters into. "Engrave the pen with the owner's name"

5. Verb. Selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons.

Definition of Etch

1. n. A variant of Eddish.

2. v. t. 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.

3. v. i. To practice etching; to make etchings.

Definition of Etch

1. Verb. To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards. ¹

2. Verb. To engrave a surface. ¹

3. Verb. (context: figuratively) To make a lasting impression. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Etch

1. to engrave with acid [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Etch

1. 1. 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. 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. 2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal. "I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875." (Hamerton) 3. To sketch; to delineate. "There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system." (Locke) Origin: D. Etsen, G. Atzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. Etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. Essen . See Eat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Etch

etat major etat mamelonne etatism etatisme etatismes etatisms etatist etatiste etatistes etats

etazolate etc etc. etcetera etceteras etch (current term) etchant etchants etched etcher

etchers etches etchi etching etching scribe etchings eten etendue etens eteostic

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