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etch
[ ech ]
verb (used with object)
- to cut, bite, or corrode with an acid or the like; engrave with an acid or the like, as to form a design in furrows that when charged with ink will give an impression on paper.
- to produce (a design, image, etc.) by this method, as on copper or glass.
- to outline clearly or sharply; delineate, as a person's features or character.
- to fix permanently in or implant firmly on the mind; root in the memory:
Our last conversation is etched in my memory.
- Geology. to cut (a feature) into the surface of the earth by means of erosion:
A deep canyon was etched into the land by the river's rushing waters.
verb (used without object)
- to practice the art of etching.
noun
- Printing. an acid used for etching.
etch
/ ɛʃ /
verb
- tr to wear away the surface of (a metal, glass, etc) by chemical action, esp the action of an acid
- to cut or corrode (a design, decoration, etc) on (a metal or other plate to be used for printing) by using the action of acid on parts not covered by wax or other acid-resistant coating
- tr to cut with or as if with a sharp implement
he etched his name on the table
- tr; usually passive to imprint vividly
the event was etched on her memory
Derived Forms
- ˈٳ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ٳİ noun
- ܲ·ٳ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of etch1
Example Sentences
Shards of pottery and fine, etched glass unearthed in the graves were most likely brought to the cemetery by people feasting while they visited the dead.
"I will go to my grave and this will be etched on my brain," he says, adding: "I go back over it a lot and think often about the families."
“For me it’s the clock on the cooker. Twenty-five minutes past eight, etched in stark white.”
"These are all names etched in the history of the lightweight division - names people recognise and love - so beating them would be boss," said Pimblett.
Today, Scunthorpe has an air of a town returning to a war footing; a community fighting to keep the coke ovens burning, with 2,700 jobs and its identity etched into steel at stake.
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