etch
/ɛt͡ʃ/ verb C2- 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.· His sorrow was etched on his face.
- To sketch; to delineate.
He/she/it etches · Past etched · Past participle etched · -ing form etching
Verb forms
- Base form
- etch
- He/she/it
- etches
- Past
- etched
- Past participle
- etched
- -ing form
- etching
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