Associations to the word «Etch»

ETCH, verb. 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.

ETCH, verb. To engrave a surface.

ETCH, verb. (figuratively) To make a lasting impression.

ETCH, verb. To sketch; to delineate.

ETCH, noun. Obsolete form of eddish.

ETCH A SKETCH, proper noun. A mechanical drawing toy operated by two knobs moving an enclosed stylus horizontally and vertically.

ETCH, verb. Make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface".

ETCH, verb. Cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky".

ETCH, verb. Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter".

ETCH, verb. Carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name".

ETCH, verb. Selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons.