etching > define

noun

• An impression made from an etched plate.
• An etched plate made with the use of acid.
• Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them.
  • synonyms: engraving

verb

• Make an etching of.
  • usage: "He etched her image into the surface"
  • synonyms: etch
• Cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible.
  • usage: "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky"
  • synonyms: etch
• Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block.
  • usage: "engrave a letter"
  • synonyms: engrave, etch
• Carve or cut a design or letters into.
  • usage: "engrave the pen with the owner's name"
  • synonyms: engrave, etch
• Selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons.
  • synonyms: etch

• (v.t.) A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.
• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Etch.
• (v.t.) An impression on paper, parchment or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate.
• (n.) The act, art or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass or the like. See Etch, v. t.