etch
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make an etching of
He etched her image into the surface
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
a face etched with pain
Types & categories
- show hypernym
Sense 3 verb
carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block
engrave a letter
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- engraving derivation
- gravure derivation
- engraver derivation
- artistic creation domain topic
Sense 4 verb
carve or cut a design or letters into
engrave the pen with the owner's name
Types & categories
- chip at hypernym
Related & opposite
- inscribe verb group
Sense 5 verb
selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
Types & categories
- dissolve hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | engraving |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | etching |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | etching |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | etcher |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | artistic creation |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | rust |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aquatint |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | show |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | engraving |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gravure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | engraver |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | artistic creation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | benday |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stipple |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | inscribe |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | chip at |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | dissolve |