etched

verb

  1. 1

    To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.

  2. 2

    To engrave a surface.

  3. 3

    To make a lasting impression.

    The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
  4. 4

    To sketch; to delineate.

adjective

  1. 1

    Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.

  2. 2

    (of a muscle, body part or person) Toned and with a well-defined musculature.

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