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Meaning of etch

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  etch
      v 1: make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface"
      2: cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face
         etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the
         sky"
      3: carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from
         such a block; "engrave a letter" [syn: {engrave}, {etch}]
      4: carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with
         the owner's name" [syn: {engrave}, {etch}]
      5: selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or
         printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of
         electrons

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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