| VERB | creation | etch | make an etching / etching of |
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| perception | etch | cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible | |
| creation | etch, engrave | carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block | |
| contact | etch, engrave | carve or cut a design or letters into | |
| change | etch | selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons |
| Sounds | eh'ch | |
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| Rhymes | fetch ... stretch: 7 rhymes with ehch... | |
| Meaning | make an etching / etching of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He etched her image into the surface" | |
| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
| Entails | corrode, rust | Become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid |
| Narrower | aquatint | etch in aquatint |
| Broader | make into a print | |
| Spanish | grabar al aguafuerte | |
| Nouns | etcher | someone who etches |
| etching | making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them | |
| etching | an etched plate made with the use of acid | |
| etching | an impression made from an etched plate | |
| Meaning | Cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | show | make visible or noticeable |
| Meaning | carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | engrave | |
| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
| Narrower | benday | Reproduce by the Benday process |
| stipple | engrave by means of dots and flicks | |
| Broader | make into a print | |
| Spanish | grabar | |
| Catalan | gravar | |
| Meaning | carve or cut a design or letters into. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | engrave | |
| Broader | carve, chip at | engrave / engrave / engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface |
| Similar to | scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe | carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface |
| Meaning | selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Broader | dissolve | Cause to fade away |
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