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/ech/, v.t.
1. 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.
2. to produce (a design,
image, etc.) by this method, as on copper or glass.
3. to outline clearly or sharply; delineate, as a person's features or character.
4. to fix permanently in or implant firmly on the mind; root in the memory: Our last conversation is etched in my memory.
5. Geol. 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.
v.i.
6. to practice the art of etching.
n.
7. Print. an acid used for etching.
[1625-35; < D etsen < G ätzen to etch, orig. cause to eat; c. OE ettan to graze; akin to EAT]
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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
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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
