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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "etch"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ‰ā§Žāϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cut or carve designs or writings on a hard surface, often using acid or a laser beam
Transitive: to etch a design on a surface | to etch a design onto a surface
to etch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The jeweler etched intricate patterns onto the silver pendant.
āϜāĻšā§āϰāĻŋ āϰ⧂āĻĒā§‹āϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āύāĻ•āĻļāĻž āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ‰ā§Žāϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to engrave an image or design onto a block of material, such as wood or metal, for the purpose of printing
Transitive: to etch a surface or block
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After etching the stone block, the lithographer prepared it for printing by applying ink to the raised surfaces.
āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϞāĻŋāĻĨā§‹āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to remove specific portions of a material's surface through chemical or physical means
Transitive: to etch a material
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The engineer used a laser to etch the silicon wafer with precise lines.
āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻ•āύ āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻĢāĻžāϰ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āϕ⧀āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something distinctly visible or noticeable
Transitive: to etch sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist used a sharp contrast of light and shadow to etch the outlines of the building.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϰ⧂āĻĒāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāϞ⧋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧇ āϗ⧇āρāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to fix something firmly in the mind or memory
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her words of encouragement were etched in his heart, giving him strength during tough times.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§ƒāĻĻāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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