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| Main Entry: |
etch
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carve |
| Synonyms: | compose, corrode, cut, define, delineate, depict, describe, eat into, engrave, erode, execute, furrow, grave, impress, imprint, incise, ingrain, inscribe, outline, picture, portray, reduce, represent, set forth, stamp |
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| Main Entry: | carve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut carefully with sharp instrument |
| Synonyms: | block out, chip, chisel, cleave, dissect, dissever, divide, engrave, etch, fashion, form, grave, hack, hew, incise, indent, insculpt, model, mold, mould, pattern, rough-hew, sculpt, shape, slash, slice, stipple, sunder, tool, trim, whittle |
| Main Entry: | clean-cut |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | neat, clearly outlined |
| Synonyms: | categorical, chiseled, clear, definite, definitive, etched, explicit, express, sharp, specific, unambiguous, well-defined |
| Antonyms: | ruffled |
Example Sentences
- After that, a layer of nickel was electrodeposited on the opal, which was then etched away.
- The book also journeys into some of the lives and relationships now etched as names into the memorial's bronze.
- Drawn with a helium beam and etched with hydrofluoric acid.
| Main Entry: | define |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give description |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, assign, call a spade a spade, characterize, construe, decide, delineate, denominate, denote, describe, designate, detail, determine, dub, elucidate, entitle, etch, exemplify, explain, expound, formalize, illustrate, interpret, label, lay it out, nail it down, name, prescribe, represent, specify, spell out, tag, translate |
| Antonyms: | confuse, distort, tangle, twist |
| Main Entry: | draw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create a likeness in a picture |
| Synonyms: | caricature, chart, compose, crayon, delineate, depict, describe, design, draft, engrave, etch, express, form, formulate, frame, graph, limn, map out, mark, model, outline, paint, pencil, portray, prepare, profile, sketch, trace, write |
| Main Entry: | emboss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imprint |
| Synonyms: | adorn, carve, decorate, etch, impress, punch, sculpt, stamp |
| Main Entry: | engrave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carve letters or designs into |
| Synonyms: | bite, burn, chase, chisel, crosshatch, cut, diaper, embed, enchase, etch, fix, grave, hatch, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, initial, inscribe, instill, intaglio, lithograph, lodge, mezzotint, ornament, print, scratch, stipple |
| Main Entry: | graphic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pictorial, visible |
| Synonyms: | blocked-out, delineated, depicted, descriptive, diagrammatic, drawn, engraved, etched, iconographic, illustrated, illustrational, illustrative, marked-out, outlined, painted, photographic, pictoric, pictured, portrayed, representational, seen, sketched, traced, visual |
| Antonyms: | obscure, vague |
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | press down to make design |
| Synonyms: | carve, dent, emboss, engrave, etch, imprint, indent, inscribe, mark, print, stamp |
| Antonyms: | take apart |
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