'Etched' definitions:
Definition of 'etched'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Etched'
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 'etched'
From: GCIDE
- etched \etched\ adj. Cut or impressed into a surface.
- Syn: engraved, graven, incised. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. Corroded so that the surface is matte and not fully transparent; -- of glass. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'etched'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- confirmed,
- deep-dyed,
- deep-engraven,
- deep-fixed,
- deep-grounded,
- deep-laid,
- deep-rooted,
- deep-seated,
- deep-set,
- deep-settled,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- embedded,
- embossed,
- engrafted,
- engraved,
- entrenched,
- established,
- firmly established,
- graven,
- implanted,
- impressed,
- imprinted,
- indelibly impressed,
- infixed,
- ingrained,
- ingrown,
- inveterate,
- inwrought,
- long-established,
- old-line,
- on a rock,
- on bedrock,
- rooted,
- set,
- settled,
- stabilized,
- vested,
- well-established,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- well-set,
- well-settled