English dictionary

etch

/E//tS/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

make an etching of

verb.creation

Examples
He etched her image into the surface.

Source: WordNet 3.0
cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible

verb.perception

Examples
A face etched with pain.

The leafless branches etched against the sky.

Source: WordNet 3.0
carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block

verb.creation

Synonyms engrave

Source: WordNet 3.0
carve or cut a design or letters into

verb.contact

Source: WordNet 3.0
selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons

verb.change

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

verb

Source: webster1913
To practice etching; to make etchings.

verb

Source: webster1913