noun
Meaning 1
Obsolete form of eddish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
etch
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɛt͡ʃ/
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rhymes with -ɛtʃ
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To engrave a surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
To make a lasting impression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 5
To sketch; to delineate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Broader terms: dissolve
verb
Meaning 7
carve or cut a design or letters into
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- engrave the pen with the owner's name
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: engrave
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: carve, chip at
verb
Meaning 8
carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- engrave a letter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: engrave
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: print
Narrower terms: benday, stipple
verb
Meaning 9
make an etching of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He etched her image into the surface
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: print
Narrower terms: aquatint
verb
Meaning 10
cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a face etched with pain
- the leafless branches etched against the sky
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: show
History
Etymology
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).
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: гравирам (graviram) — to engrave
- Catalan: gravar — to engrave
- Danish: indgravere — to engrave
- Dutch: etsen — to engrave
- Finnish: kaivertaa — to engrave
- Finnish: etsata — to engrave
- French: graver — to engrave
- German: radieren — to engrave
- German: ätzen — to engrave
- German: beizen — to engrave
- Hungarian: marat — to engrave
- Hungarian: gravíroz — to engrave
- Italian: incidere all'acquaforte — to engrave
- Korean: 새기다 (saegida) — to engrave
- Macedonian: вреже (vreže) — to engrave
- Norwegian: radere — to engrave
- Polish: ryć — to engrave
- Polish: wyryć — to engrave
- Polish: wytrawiać — to engrave
- Polish: wytrawić — to engrave
- Portuguese: gravar — to engrave
- Russian: гравирова́ть (gravirovátʹ) — to engrave
- Russian: вы́гравировать (výgravirovatʹ) — to engrave
- Russian: трави́ть (travítʹ) — to engrave
- Russian: вытра́вливать (vytrávlivatʹ) — to engrave
- Russian: вы́травить (výtravitʹ) — to engrave
- Spanish: grabar — to engrave
- Spanish: aguaforzar — to engrave
- Spanish: grabar al aguafuerte — to engrave
- Turkish: oymak — to engrave
- Ukrainian: гравіювати (hravijuvaty) — to engrave
- Ukrainian: травити (travyty) — to engrave
- Ukrainian: витравлювати (vytravljuvaty) — to engrave
- Catalan: gravar — to make a lasting impression
- Danish: gøre indtryk — to make a lasting impression
- Finnish: syöpyä mieleen — to make a lasting impression
- French: marquer — to make a lasting impression
- French: graver — to make a lasting impression
- German: einbrennen — to make a lasting impression
- German: einprägen — to make a lasting impression
- Macedonian: вреже (vreže) — to make a lasting impression
- Polish: ryć — to make a lasting impression
- Polish: wyryć — to make a lasting impression
- Portuguese: marcar — to make a lasting impression
- Spanish: grabar — to make a lasting impression