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etch
/ɛt͡ʃ/
verb 4noun 1
Collocations
4VERB + ETCH
sown
ETCH + NOUN
system, way
PREP.
into, on, out, upon
ADV.
quickly
Definitions
verb
1
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.
2
To engrave a surface.
3
To make a lasting impression.
The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
4
To sketch; to delineate.
There are many such empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.
noun
1
Obsolete form of eddish.
Black Oats are commonly sown upon an Etch Crop, or on a Lay which they plow up in January, when the Earth is moist, taking care to turn the Turf well, and to lay it even and flat.
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The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
Wiktionary02
There are many such empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.
Wiktionary03
Black Oats are commonly sown upon an Etch Crop, or on a Lay which they plow up in January, when the Earth is moist, taking care to turn the Turf well, and to lay it even and flat.
Wiktionary04
If you don't wash away the acid quickly, it will etch its way into the metal.
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