C2verb · intransitive · rare

etch

etch · etches · etched · etching

травити, гравіювати, витравлювати

травить, вытравить, гравировать, выгравировать

ätzen, beizen, einprägen, radieren

To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a patternTo 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.

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/ɛt͡ʃ/

» The incident was etched in his memory.

Инцидент оставил неизгладимый след в его памяти.

Meaning

4 senses

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 engrave a surface.
radieren, ätzen, beizen
гравирова́тьgravirovátʹ, вы́гравироватьvýgravirovatʹ, трави́тьtravítʹ
гравіюватиhravijuvaty, травитиtravyty, витравлюватиvytravljuvaty
(figuratively)To make a lasting impression.
The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
His sorrow was etched on his face.
einbrennen, einprägen
make an etching of
To sketch; to delineate.

Examples

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The incident was etched in his memory.
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That tragedy was etched in my mind.
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This incident was etched in his memory.
deDieser Vorfall hatte sich in sein Gedächtnis eingebrannt.
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He had a stony face, etched by time.
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Strange symbols were etched on the turtle's shell.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to engrave:

Русский

By meaning 1

to engrave:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to engrave:

to make a lasting impression:

Origin

From Dutch etsen (“to etch”), from German ätzen (“to etch”), from Old High German azzon (“

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).

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