If you don't wash away the acid quickly, it will etch its way into the metal.
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Etch
//ɛt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "etch" (80 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (40)
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5 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
12 entriesentails
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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4 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- гравирам verb (to engrave)
Catalan
2 entries- gravar verb (to engrave)
- gravar verb (to make a lasting impression)
Danish
2 entries- gøre indtryk verb (to make a lasting impression)
- indgravere verb (to engrave)
Dutch
1 entries- etsen verb (to engrave)
Finnish
3 entries- etsata verb (to engrave)
- kaivertaa verb (to engrave)
- syöpyä mieleen verb (to make a lasting impression)
French
3 entries- graver verb (to engrave)
- graver verb (to make a lasting impression)
- marquer verb (to make a lasting impression)
German
4 entries- beizen verb (to engrave)
- einbrennen verb (to make a lasting impression)
- einprägen verb (to make a lasting impression)
- radieren verb (to engrave)
Hungarian
2 entries- gravíroz verb (to engrave)
- marat verb (to engrave)
Italian
1 entries- incidere all'acquaforte verb (to engrave)
Korean
1 entries- 새기다 verb (to engrave)
Macedonian
2 entries- вреже verb (to engrave)
- вреже verb (to make a lasting impression)
Norwegian
1 entries- radere verb (to engrave)
Polish
3 entries- ryć verb (to engrave)
- wytrawiać verb (to engrave)
- wytrawić verb (to engrave)
Portuguese
2 entries- gravar verb (to engrave)
- marcar verb (to make a lasting impression)
Russian
4 entries- вы́гравировать verb (to engrave)
- вы́травить verb (to engrave)
- вытра́вливать verb (to engrave)
- гравирова́ть verb (to engrave)
Spanish
4 entries- aguaforzar verb (to engrave)
- grabar verb (to engrave)
- grabar verb (to make a lasting impression)
- grabar al aguafuerte verb (to engrave)
Turkish
1 entries- oymak verb (to engrave)
Ukrainian
3 entries- витравлювати verb (to engrave)
- гравіювати verb (to engrave)
- травити verb (to engrave)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
Source: wiktionary
There are many such empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.
Source: wiktionary
Black Oats are commonly sown upon an Etch Crop, or on a Lay which they plow up in January, when the Earth is moist, taking care to turn the Turf well, and to lay it even and flat.
Source: wiktionary
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