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verb (used with object)

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.

to 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.

Geology. 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.

verb (used without object)

to practice the art of etching.

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noun

Printing. an acid used for etching.

Origin:
1625–35; < Dutch etsen < German ätzen to etch, orig. cause to eat; cognate with Old English ettan to graze; akin to eat

Related forms

etch·er, noun

un·etched, adjective

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Example Sentences

Rolls of flexible displays are etched with electronic components that are fully bendable.

By now the names of these five young men are etched into our collective consciousness.

The idea that character is etched into an individual's face is so much at variance with modern notions of free.

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Rolls of flexible displays are etched with electronic components that are fully bendable.

By now the names of these five young men are etched into our collective consciousness.

The idea that character is etched into an individual's face is so much at variance with modern notions of free.

Students have volunteered to conduct the archival research that's required before each plaque can be etched and put in place.

The damaging theatrics of drama queens may spring from defects etched in the brain.

The pattern of lines etched into the enamel at growth intervals resembled that of a modern child.

Velvety gray-green leaves have deeply etched veins and scalloped lobes.

Each created an image to be etched into the seven layers of plywood that make up a skateboard deck.

Her warm smile and her laugh are forever etched in our minds.

Inscriptions were etched into the door-panes both to keep the injury count down and to pep the occupants.

Understanding the symbols they etched in clay is another matter.

The arrows in the photo show the creases of the mouth in the inner layer, which are softer than those etched in the top layer.

Acoma's history is etched in the walls of its adobe buildings.

The names, etched on two silicon chips so small they can be read only with a microscope.

The recent find is that of a sandstone tablet bearing a number of letters etched in the stone.

At each stage the layers are etched to make electrical connections.

The subsequent storms' high winds etched away the surrounding snow, leaving.

Working in reverse, highlights are etched out and dark areas are left as is.

We are all indebted, and she remains etched in our memories.

Drawn with a helium beam and etched with hydrofluoric acid.

His face is gaunt and lined, visibly etched with suffering.

The pot allegedly had waveforms etched into a groove as a potter incised a line with a stylus while the pot spun.

Using a needle that moved in response to sound, the phonautograph etched sound waves into paper coated with soot from an oil lamp.

Their sense of humor is perpetually etched on their faces-and the sources of their humor knows know bounds.

The sun's daily tracks, high in the summer and low in the winter, were etched onto the paper.

Your large persona is forever etched in our hearts and memories.

Bragg gratings are etched into each core of a four-core optical fibre.

Its sweet spots-nook-and-cranny routes scattered through a wilderness canyon-lay etched into some of the world's oldest granite.

Instead they go on and on how they focus their microscope to learn more about the tracks they etched into their plastic sheets.

The information they carry is etched onto them, and it is becoming harder and harder to do this precisely on ever-smaller chips.

His thick black strokes set into or slashed across white grounds are as deeply etched in the.

Abstract teachings are, however, less firmly etched into participants' minds.

The book also journeys into some of the lives and relationships now etched as names into the memorial's bronze.

Laser etched in the side of the coin is a unique series of letters and numbers.

Singing with an intense, buffed soprano, she etched a line from note to note.

Heat from the explosion etched a human shadow into the stone steps where a customer had been sitting at the time.

Then they etched a random pattern of scratches and holes into the wafer's surface using sulfuric acid.

Though our walk together was tragically cut short, each step is eternally etched on our hearts.

The spiral fairly hovered above the landscape, its boundaries of piled rock etched in sharp relief.

Thousands of his images were etched into fans as tattoos.

His examples of hard work, integrity and foresight will remain with us, for they are indelibly etched in our hearts and minds.

Etched in black marble in the central square are the names and faces of the disaster's ?rst victims.

The silicon wafers must be rinsed after each of the several dozen semiconductor layers is applied and etched.

Identification can be challenging: few manufacturers signed their work or etched names into.

Etched in black marble in the central square are the names and faces of the disaster's first victims.

After that, a layer of nickel was electrodeposited on the opal, which was then etched away.

Etched into the stone are a boy and a girl looking seaward.

To the east the mountain's conical shadow stretches to the horizon, sharply etched across a sea of clouds.

They were the kinds of things that get etched in your memory.

But after so many years of taking the same walk, the journey has etched itself on his unconscious.

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Word Origin & History

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, caus. of *etanan "eat." Related: Etched; etching.

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