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1. Cut or impressed into a surface
   "etched invitations"
   - engraved, graven, incised, inscribed

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. Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
   "etch a letter"
   - engrave
    
4. Carve or cut a design or letters into
   "etch the pen with the owner's name"
   - engrave
    
5. Selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons

See also: carved, carven [archaic], etcher, etching

Type of: carve, chip at, dissolve, print, show

Encyclopedia: Etch