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    [Verb]  | "etch" | \ ˈech \


    1: to produce (something, such as a pattern or design) on a hard material by eating into the material's surface (as by acid or laser beam)

    2: to subject to such etching

    3: to delineate or impress clearly

    Origin: 1634 ;

     Dutch etsen, from German ätzen to etch, corrode, from Old High German azzen to feed; akin to Old High German ezzan to eat ;

    [Noun]  | "etch" 


    1: the action or effect of etching a surface

    2: a chemical agent used in etching

    Origin: 1896 ;

    [Noun]  | "freeze-etch*ing" | \ ˈfrēz-ˌe-chiŋ \


    1: freeze fracture that includes the sublimation of surface ice following fracturing especially to reveal additional detail; broadly : freeze fracture

    Origin: 1968 ;

    [Noun]  | "etch" 


    1: as in etching, engraving;


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    [Verb]  | "etch" 


    1: to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface;


      * e.g., " ... the artist etched his landscape on a copper plate "



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    2: to produce a vivid impression of;


      * e.g., " ... in just a few pages the writer etched an unforgettable portrait of one of the more remarkable First Ladies "



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     [ "etch" ]

    1: Acid Etch bath is an acidic solution used by graff writers in mops and other assorted markers to create a handstyle on a glass surface, in which the acid eats into the window, making that handstyle/tag unbuffable.

      * e.g.,  ... I went up and down down market street and etched the shit outta every building window I saw 

     [ "etch" ]

    1: A word used to describe anything scary or weird, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: So then he jumped out and killed her! 

     [ "etch" ]

    2: Used commonly by teenagers.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 2: Ohh etch! 

     [ "etch" ]

    1: 1 dodgy, sketchy, scary.

      * e.g.,  ... 1 "That Texas Chainsaw movie is so etch" 

     [ "etch" ]

    2: 2 freekishly or scarily good.

      * e.g.,  ... 2 (tone in awe)"etccccccccccch" 

     [ "etch" ]

    3: Background - developed from sketchy on the northern beaches of sydney.

     [ "etch" ]

    1: Bad, horrible, not cool, homosexual.

      * e.g.,  ... The thought of you naked is ETCH! 

     [ "etch" ]

    1: something that is seriously wrong that like soils your mind. Or something that is said that you dont want to think about.

      * e.g.,  ... "hey uther imagine our science teacher in a porn flick" 

     [ "etched" ]

    1: To drink yourself retarded, not of your own doing.

      * e.g.,  ... Atilla "Etch" Ecsedy etched me last night!  

     [ "Etch" ]

    1: A regular CrossFatter who’d go the end of the world for a cwtch, a man that falls in love very easy but falls for a mortgage even easier. His favourite tattoos are his eye hand or Adam Sandler on his arm! Probably owns a pick up to make up for his limp cute cock, but all in all top man with tits!

      * e.g.,  ... Etch, drop the cake and step away from the fridge! 

     [ "etched" ]

    1: to be wasted or just really drunk/ stoned

      * e.g.,  ... last night i was so etched, i must have done like 20 shots 

     [ "etching" ]

    1: (verb):

      * e.g.,  ... Paul was etching into the sea when a wave splashed him from head to toe. 

     [ "etching" ]

    2: To slowly walk into a cold pool or sea with your arms up, while trying to avoid being splashed and getting your torso wet. Usually goosebumps are inevitable.

     [ "Etch" ]

    1: Tall, attractive, green-eyed boy that comes up in your best friends dreams.

      * e.g.,  ... Girl 1: And then Etch KISSED ME! 

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