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Verb
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etched, past participle; etches, 3rd person singular present; etching, present participle; etched, past tense;
  1. Engrave (metal, glass, or stone) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, esp. in order to produce prints from it
    • - etched glass windows
  2. Use such a process to produce (a print or design)

  3. (of an acid or other solvent) Corrode or eat away the surface of (something)

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

  5. Cut or carve (a text or design) on a surface
    • - her initials were etched on the table
    • - his name is etched in baseball history
  6. Mark (a surface) with a carved text or design
    • - a Pictish stone etched with mysterious designs
  7. Cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
    • - Jo watched the outline of the town etched against the sky
    • - her face was etched with tiredness
    • - her finely etched profile
    • - the incident was etched indelibly in her mind
Noun
  1. The action or process of etching something

  1. make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface"
  2. cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky"
  3. engrave: carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter"
  4. selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
  5. (etched) engraved: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations"
  6. (etching) an impression made from an etched plate
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  11. Etching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal (the original process—in modern manufacturing other chemicals may be used on other types of material). ...
  12. (Etching (glass)) Etching refers to the technique of creating art on the surface of glass by applying acidic, caustic, or abrasive substances. Traditionally this was done after the glass was blown or cast.
  13. To engrave a surface (especially of metal or glass) in order to produce a printing pattern; To make a lasting impression
  14. (etching) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid; The image created by this process
  15. (Etched) Very faintly carved decoration scratched onto the surface of a piece.
  16. (Etched) Acids are used to etch the image or text into the surface of the base metal. The etched area can be left a natural metal color or paint-filled with color.. In the event the paint ever comes out of the etched area, the image or text remains visible.
  17. (Etched) An image left on the spoon by using acid.
  18. (Etched) Design formed in pottery by removing the surface of pottery sometimes call sgraffito
  19. (Etched) This term properly applies to designs created by removing material, whether by grinding, engraving, acid, diamond point or other means, most often done on glass. ...
  20. (etched) A decorative surface pattern created by a variety of methods, most often with abrasive chemicals or sandblasting.
  21. Etched designs are made by coating the copper with an acid resistant material, drawing the design with a fine needle that cuts through the resist and then dipping the copper into acid which bites into the exposed lines. This creates a free-flowing image.
  22. (ETCHING) A general term referring to a number or Intaglio print making techniques where lines marked on a prepared metal plate are eaten away (etched) by acid.
  23. (ETCHING) A process of decoration produced by what might be properly called "chemical engraving". The silver is covered with a protective coating through which the desired design is cut and the design is eaten into the silver by nitric acid. ...
  24. (Etching) An intaglio process in which the lowered printing areas are bitten and etched by acid. The drawing and preparation of the plate can be accomplished with a variety of techniques dealt with elsewhere in this glossary. See Hardground, Sugar Lift and Softground.
  25. (Etching) The technique of reproducing a design by coating a metal plate with wax and drawing with a sharp instrument called a stylus through the wax down to the metal. ...