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Etch (Verb)

Carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons.

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible; "a face etched with pain"; "the leafless branches etched against the sky".

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Make an etching of; "He etched her image into the surface".

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter".