v.
Pronunciation: ' ech
Function: verb
Etymology: Dutch etsen, from German ätzen to etch, corrode, from Old High German azzen to feed; akin to Old High German ezzan to eat ― more at EAT
Date: 1634
transitive verb
1 a : to produce (as a pattern or design) on a hard material by eating into the material's surface (as by acid or laser beam) b : to subject to such etching
2 : to delineate or impress clearly <scenes etch ed in our minds> <pain was etch ed on his features>
intransitive verb : to practice etching
– etch · er noun