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etch
- pronunciation:
- ech
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
etched, etches, etching |
| definition 1: |
to cut or eat into (a hard material, such as a printer's plate, glass, stone, or the like), esp. with acid, usu. so as to produce an image, design, or lettering.
- similar words:
- bite
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| definition 2: |
to produce (an image, design, or the like) in a hard material by cutting or eating away.
His name was etched on the stone. |
| definition 3: |
to fix in the mind.
Her last words are etched in my memory. |
| related words: |
carve, scratch |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to practice the art or craft of etching.
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| related words: |
carve |
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