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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Etch \Etch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Etching.] [D. etsen, G. ["a]tzen to feed, corrode, etch.
     MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See
     Eat.]
     1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or
        the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or
        corroded by means of some strong acid.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other
           ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then
           scored or scratched with a needle, or similar
           instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is
           then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the
           lines thus laid bare.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as
        a plate of metal.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875.
                                                    --Hamerton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There are many empty terms to be found in some
              learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch
              out their system.                     --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  etched \etched\ adj.
     Cut or impressed into a surface.
  
     Syn: engraved, graven, incised.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Corroded so that the surface is matte and not fully
        transparent; -- of glass.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Etch \Etch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Etching.] [D. etsen, G. ["a]tzen to feed, corrode, etch.
     MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See
     Eat.]
     1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or
        the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or
        corroded by means of some strong acid.
  
     Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other
           ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then
           scored or scratched with a needle, or similar
           instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is
           then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the
           lines thus laid bare.
  
     2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as
        a plate of metal.
  
              I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875.
                                                    --Hamerton.
  
     3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]
  
              There are many empty terms to be found in some
              learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch
              out their system.                     --Locke.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  etched
       adj : cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design";
             "engraved invitations" [syn: engraved, graven, incised,
              inscribed]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  etched
     a.
     1 Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.
     2 (lb en of a muscle, body part or person) toned and with a
  well-defined musculature.
     vb.
     (infl of en etch  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  etched
     a.
     1 Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.
     2 (lb en of a muscle, body part or person) toned and with a
  well-defined musculature.
     vb.
     (infl of en etch  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  etched
     a.
     1 Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.
     2 (lb en of a muscle, body part or person) toned and with a
  well-defined musculature.
     vb.
     (infl of en etch  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  etched
     a.
     1 Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.
     2 (lb en of a muscle, body part or person) toned and with a
  well-defined musculature.
     vb.
     (infl of en etch  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  etched
     Englanti a.
     1 kaiverrettu
     2 etsattu
     3 syövytetty

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  etched
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en etch ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb etch)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Etched /ˈɛtʃt/
  محفور

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  etched /ˈɛtʃt/ 
  vyrytý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  etched /ˈɛtʃt/
  geätzt
   see: etch, etching
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  etched /ˈɛtʃt/
  urezan

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɛtʃt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "etched":
     confirmed, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded,
     deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled,
     dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, engrafted, engraved,
     entrenched, established, firmly established, graven, implanted,
     impressed, imprinted, indelibly impressed, infixed, ingrained,
     ingrown, inveterate, inwrought, long-established, old-line,
     on a rock, on bedrock, rooted, set, settled, stabilized, vested,
     well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set,
     well-settled
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     蚀像

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