etch
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etch¹
- /ɛt͡ʃ/
Rhymes with -ɛtʃ
Where it comes from
From Dutch etsen (“to etch”), from German ätzen (“to etch”), from Old High German azzon (“to cause to bite or feed”), from Proto-Germanic *atjaną, causative of *etaną (“to eat”) (whence also English eat).
verb etches · etching · etched
- To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
- To engrave a surface.
- To make a lasting impression. The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
- To sketch; to delineate. There are many such empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.
etch²
- /ɛt͡ʃ/
Rhymes with -ɛtʃ
noun
- Obsolete form of eddish Black Oats are commonly sown upon an Etch Crop, or on a Lay which they plow up in January, when the Earth is moist, taking care to turn the Turf well, and to lay it even and flat.
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verb to engrave
| Español | grabar, aguaforzar, grabar al aguafuerte |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 새기다 saegida |
| Português | gravar |
| Français | graver |
| Deutsch | radieren, ätzen, beizen |
| Italiano | incidere all'acquaforte |
| Русский | гравирова́ть gravirovátʹ, вы́гравировать výgravirovatʹ, трави́ть travítʹ, вытра́вливать vytrávlivatʹ, вы́травить výtravitʹ |
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