'Etch' definitions:

Definition of 'etch'

From: WordNet
verb
Make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface"
verb
Cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky"
verb
Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter" [syn: engrave, etch]
verb
Carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" [syn: engrave, etch]
verb
Selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons

Definition of 'Etch'

From: GCIDE
  • Etch \Etch\, n. A variant of Eddish. [Obs.] --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Etch'

From: GCIDE
  • Etch \Etch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched; p. pr. & vb. n. Etching.] [D. etsen, G. [aum]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 means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal. [1913 Webster]
  • I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875. --Hamerton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Etch'

From: GCIDE
  • Etch \Etch\, v. i. To practice etching; to make etchings. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'etch'

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