Etched

Quick meaning: Etched is an adjective meaning Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.

Meaning

Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.

More Meanings

1. (of a muscle, body part or person) Toned and with a well-defined musculature.
2. simple past and past participle of etch

Example Sentences

[O]ne minute this "Jihadi John" was struggling to get by, and get accepted, in drizzly England, unemployed with a mortgage to pay and a chip on his shoulder, and the next he stands in brilliant Levantine sunlight, where everything is clear and etched, at the vanguard of some Sunni Risorgimento intent on subjecting the world to its murderous brand of Wahhabi Islam.

Synonyms for etched

Depending on context, synonyms include inscribed, incised, carven, engraved, carved, graven.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include graven, engraved, carven, carved, incised, inscribed.

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