Question 1 · Quick check
etch
CEFRC1
/ɛt͡ʃ/
verb
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To cut a design into a surface.
- 02
verb
Extra detailTo engrave a surface.
Examples
The artist used acid to etch the design onto the metal plate.
The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo make a lasting impression.
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.
To sketch; to delineate.
More examples
In contextThere are many such empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.
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.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
verb
From Dutch etsen (“to etch”), from German ätzen (“to etch”), from Old High German azzon (“to cause to bite or feed”), from Proto-Germanic *atjaną, causative of *etaną (“to eat”) (whence also English eat).