verb Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The artist carefully etched a detailed landscape into the metal plate using acid. " art technology material industry chemistry electronics process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To engrave a surface. Examples : "The artist carefully etched the design onto the glass using a special tool. " art technology writing material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make a lasting impression. Examples : "The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind." mind character human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To sketch; to delineate. Examples : "The artist etched the outline of the building onto the copper plate. " art writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Cut or dug into the surface as by etching. Examples : "The artist created a beautiful design with etched glass. " art material appearance mark Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a muscle, body part or person) Toned and with a well-defined musculature. Examples : "After months of training for the marathon, the runner's leg muscles were clearly etched. " appearance body physiology anatomy person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading