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US
/ˈɛtʃ/
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[ UK /ˈɛtʃ/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛtʃ/ ]
VERB
- selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
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carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
engrave a letter -
cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
the leafless branches etched against the sky
a face etched with pain -
make an etching of
He etched her image into the surface -
carve or cut a design or letters into
engrave the pen with the owner's name
How To Use etch In A Sentence
- The scene will be etched on my memory forever.
- They kept to the brush and trees, and invariably the man halted and peered out before crossing a dry glade or naked stretch of upland pasturage. War
- Sophie's more casual outfit consists of a black Powerline stretch sleeveless top, Kismet's own label sarong, and an orange, multi-strand bugle bead bracelet.
- More particularly, in the hoodedness of her eyes, she reminded me of Malvina Schalkova, the Prague-born artist posthumously famous for the sketches and watercolors she made in Theresienstadt, and whose self-portrait, mirroring an infinity of sorrow, I first became familiar with when I visited Theresienstadt with Zoë. Kalooki Nights
- A fisherman's son opened this beachside restaurant, which stretches down into the sand. Times, Sunday Times
- As surveyor and topographer, he took on the task of making sketches of the stockades.
- Making a flip book involves using the corner of a sketch pad to illustrate individual still frames of cartoon movement.
- And then I got there and they're like, no, you're writing sketches for other people, which I had never done and I was really kind of bummed because I had auditioned like two or three times. Zach Galifianakis: A Comedic Actor Takes A Dark Turn
- She huffed, stood up, arched her back in a heavyweight stretch, turned to the fountain and started in on a long, long drink.
- Many are illustrated with sketches and doodles.