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