Antonyms for etch
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ech |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛtʃ |
Definition of etch
Origin :- 1630s, "to engrave by eating away the surface of with acids," from Dutch etsen, from German ätzen "to etch," from Old High German azzon "cause to bite, feed," from Proto-Germanic *atjanan, causative of *etanan "eat" (see eat). Related: Etched; etching.
- verb carve
- Etch and prepare the clean stone with phosphoric acid and gum.
- Extract from : « The Invention of Lithography » by Alois Senefelder
- Nothing was needed now except to etch the design in the upper cylinder.
- Extract from : « The Invention of Lithography » by Alois Senefelder
- The terms were, that Turner was to etch and Lewis to aquatint at five guineas a plate.
- Extract from : « Turner » by William Cosmo Monkhouse
- Then, I love to etch, particularly on noses, and that was a good big one.
- Extract from : « Daisy » by Miranda Eliot Swan
- The charcoal will leave the surface in a fit state to etch upon.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Etching » by Maxime Lalanne
- You see there is chost the least sdain of rhet on the etch of the leafs.
- Extract from : « Bride Roses » by W. D. Howells
- By this process you can etch the flash off the flashed glasses where you like.
- Extract from : « Stained Glass Work » by C. W. Whall
- He began to etch early in life: he ceased only when his eyesight failed.
- Extract from : « Rembrandt » by Mortimer Menpes
- I do not know at what date my mother began to etch on copper.
- Extract from : « Miscellanea » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
- He thence learned to make a liquid by which he could etch writing and figures upon glass.
- Extract from : « The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical » by Frank H. Stauffer
Synonyms for etch
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