etch

Fetched 2026-10-27 (live).

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Verb

1. 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.
2. To engrave a surface.
3. To make a lasting impression.
   • The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
   • His sorrow was etched on his face.
4. To sketch; to delineate.

Noun

1. Obsolete form of eddish.

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