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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024etch /ɛtʃ/USA pronunciation v. - Printing, Fine Artto engrave or cut into (a surface) with an acid, knife, or the like, esp. so as to form a design that can be transferred to paper: [no object]She enjoys etching.[~ + object]The sculptor etched the gravestone with a chisel.
- Printing, Fine Art to produce (a design, image, etc.) by this method, as on copper or glass:[~ + object]The Swedish crystal was etched with a geometric design.
- to outline clearly or sharply: delineate:[~ + object]His face was etched with lines of age and sorrow.
- to fix or imprint firmly:[~ + object]His face is etched in my memory.
etch•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024etch (ech),USA pronunciation v.t. - Printing, Fine Artto 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. - Printing, Fine Artto produce (a design, image, etc.) by this method, as on copper or glass.
- to outline clearly or sharply;
delineate, as a person's features or character. - to fix permanently in or implant firmly on the mind;
root in the memory:Our last conversation is etched in my memory. - Geologyto 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. - Fine Artto practice the art of etching.
n. - Printingan acid used for etching.
- German ätzen to etch, origin, originally cause to eat; cognate with Old English ettan to graze; akin to eat
- Dutch etsen
- 1625–35
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