Etch

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid, especially by coating the surface with wax or another protective layer and drawing lines with a needle and then using the acid to form the lines on the unprotected parts of the surface.
  • intransitive verb. To make or create by this method.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To draw or write by cutting or scraping.
  • intransitive verb. To cut or scrape something in or on.
  • intransitive verb. To impress or delineate clearly.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in etching.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A dialectal or obsolete variant of eke.
  • noun. A contracted form of eddish.
  • To cut or bite with an acid or mordant; specifically, to engrave by the use of a mordant: as, to etch a design on a copperplate: applied in the fine arts either to a design or to the plate upon which it is made. See etching.
  • To sketch; delineate.
  • To practise etching.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A variant of eddish.
  • intransitive verb. To practice etching; to make etchings.
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.
  • transitive verb. To sketch; to delineate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.
  • verb. To engrave a surface.
  • verb. To make a lasting impression.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
  • verb. make an etching of
  • verb. carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
  • verb. carve or cut a design or letters into
  • verb. selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
  • Word Usage
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    carve  chip at  dissolve  show  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    fetch  ketch  kvetch  meche  outstretch  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bed  bite  bring home to  carve  confirm  
    variant
    eddish  
    verb-form
    etched  etches  etching