etch

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   make an etching of

   The engraver etched an image into the surface.

2. 2
   verb

   cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible

   a face etched with pain

3. 3
   verb

   To make a lasting impression.

   The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.

4. 4
   verb

   To sketch; to delineate.

   There are many such empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.

5. 5
   noun

   Obsolete form of eddish.

   Black Oats are commonly sown upon an Etch Crop, or on a Lay which they plow up in January, when the Earth is moist, taking care to turn the Turf well, and to lay it even and flat.

6. 6
   verb

   selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons

7. 7
   verb

   carve or cut a design or letters into

8. 8
   verb

   carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block

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).