etch
- etch
- [[t]e̱tʃ[/t]]
1) VERB If a line or pattern is etched into a surface, it is cut into the surface by means of acid or a sharp tool. You can also say that a surface is etched with a line or pattern.
[be V-ed into/in/on n] Crosses were etched into the walls...
[V n into/in/on n] The acid etched holes in the crystal surface...
[be V-ed with n] Windows are etched with the vehicle identification number...
[be V-ed] The stained-glass panels are etched and then handpainted using traditional methods.
2)
VERB: usu
passive If you say that feelings
are etched on someone's face, you mean that the person is very strongly affected by them, and you can see this in their appearance. [LITERARY]
[be V-ed into/on n] His grief was etched into every line of his face...
[V-ed] Every line etched on her face told a story of personal anguish.
3) V-PASSIVE If something is etched on your memory, you remember it very clearly, usually because it has some special importance for you. [LITERARY]
[be V-ed into/in/on n] The ugly scene in the study was still etched in her mind...
[be V-ed into/in/on n] This stark image will remain etched in the memory of a generation of Berliners.
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etch — etch·ant; etch·e·min; etch·er; etch; mac·ro·etch; pho·to·etch; re·etch; coun·ter·etch; … English syllables
Etch — may refer to...*Etch (protocol): an open source, cross platform, multi language framework for building network services released by Cisco Systems into the Apache Software Foundation. *Etch, a character from the film Toy Story, based on the Etch A … Wikipedia
Etch — Etch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Etched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Etching}.] [D. etsen, G. [ a]tzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See {Eat}.] 1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
etch — [etʃ] v [Date: 1600 1700; : Dutch; Origin: etsen, from German ätzen to feed ; because originally the lines were eaten into the metal with acid] 1.) [I and T] to cut lines on a metal plate, piece of glass, stone etc to form a picture or words etch … Dictionary of contemporary English
etch´er — etch «ehch», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to engrave (a design) on metal, glass, wood, mineral, or plastic by acid or heat that burns lines into it. Filled with ink, the lines of the design will reproduce a copy on paper. 2. to engrave (metal, glass,… … Useful english dictionary
Etch — Etch, n. A variant of {Eddish}. [Obs.] Mortimer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Etch — Etch, v. i. To practice etching; to make etchings. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
etch — 1630s, to engrave by eating away the surface of with acids, from Du. etsen, from Ger. ätzen to etch, from O.H.G. azzon cause to bite, feed, from P.Gmc. *atjanan, causative of *etanan eat (see EAT (Cf. eat)). Related: Etched; etching … Etymology dictionary
etch — index delineate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
etch — [ etʃ ] verb intransitive or transitive to make marks on a hard surface by cutting into it a. to use acid to make marks on a metal surface in order to make a picture called an etching … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
etch — vb incise, engrave, Carve, chisel, sculpture, sculpt, sculp … New Dictionary of Synonyms
