etch

Verb
  1. Make an etching of (synset 201754229)
    "He etched her image into the surface"
    domain category: art, artistic creation, artistic production - the creation of beautiful or significant things
    entail: corrode, rust - become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
    hypernym: print - make into a print
    hyponym: aquatint - etch in aquatint
  2. Cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible (synset 202203633)
    "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky"
    hypernym: show - make visible or noticeable
  3. Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block (synset 201753598)
    "engrave a letter"
    domain category: art, artistic creation, artistic production - the creation of beautiful or significant things
    hypernym: print - make into a print
    hyponym:
    • benday - reproduce by the Benday process
    • stipple - engrave by means of dots and flicks
    synonym: engrave
  4. Carve or cut a design or letters into (synset 201324887)
    "engrave the pen with the owner's name"
    hypernym: carve, chip at - engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
    synonym: engrave
    verb group: engrave, grave, inscribe, scratch - carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
  5. Selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons (synset 200449065)
    hypernym: dissolve - cause to fade away

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