etched
echt
- v make an etching of
He etched her image into the surface - v cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
a face etched with pain
the leafless branches etched against the sky - v carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
- v carve or cut a design or letters into
- v selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
- s cut or impressed into a surface
- We love every minute of this sardonic portrayal of life on Hollywoods fringes (the characters surrounding Steele are etched in acid).
- Primates and Philosophers, De Waal's eighth book, released last year, argues that morality is not a high trait we acquired late but is etched into our instincts.
- Today, millions of transistors, each costing far less than a staple, can be etched on wafers of silicon.