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etched
(encz) | etched,vyrytý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
etched
(gcide) | etched \etched\ adj.
Cut or impressed into a surface.
Syn: engraved, graven, incised.
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2. Corroded so that the surface is matte and not fully
transparent; -- of glass.
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Etched
(gcide) | Etch \Etch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Etching.] [D. etsen, G. [aum]tzen to feed, corrode, etch.
MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See
Eat.]
1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or
the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or
corroded by means of some strong acid.
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Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other
ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then
scored or scratched with a needle, or similar
instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is
then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the
lines thus laid bare.
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2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as
a plate of metal.
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I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875.
--Hamerton.
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3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]
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There are many empty terms to be found in some
learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch
out their system. --Locke.
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etched
(wn) | etched
adj 1: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design";
"engraved invitations" [syn: engraved, etched,
graven, incised, inscribed] |
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stretched
(mass) | stretched
- roztiahnutý |
wretched
(mass) | wretched
- biedny |
wretchedly
(mass) | wretchedly
- strašne |
etched
(encz) | etched,vyrytý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
far-fetched
(encz) | far-fetched,přitažený za vlasy Zdeněk Brož |
farfetched
(encz) | farfetched,přitažený za vlasy Zdeněk Brož |
fetched
(encz) | fetched,přinesený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
outstretched
(encz) | outstretched,natažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
overstretched
(encz) | overstretched,přepjatý adj: Rostislav Svoboda |
sketched
(encz) | sketched,narýsován |
stretched
(encz) | stretched,roztažený adj: luke |
stretched himself out
(encz) | stretched himself out,vypjal se |
stretched out
(encz) | stretched out,roztažený adj: Pino |
wretched
(encz) | wretched,bídný adj: Zdeněk Brožwretched,ubohý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
wretchedly
(encz) | wretchedly,strašně adv: Zdeněk Brožwretchedly,zoufale adv: Zdeněk Brož |
wretchedness
(encz) | wretchedness,bída n: Zdeněk Brožwretchedness,strádání n: Zdeněk Brož |
etched
(gcide) | etched \etched\ adj.
Cut or impressed into a surface.
Syn: engraved, graven, incised.
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2. Corroded so that the surface is matte and not fully
transparent; -- of glass.
[PJC]Etch \Etch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Etching.] [D. etsen, G. [aum]tzen to feed, corrode, etch.
MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen ??. See
Eat.]
1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or
the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or
corroded by means of some strong acid.
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Note: The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other
ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then
scored or scratched with a needle, or similar
instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is
then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the
lines thus laid bare.
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2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as
a plate of metal.
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I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875.
--Hamerton.
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3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]
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There are many empty terms to be found in some
learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch
out their system. --Locke.
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Farfetched
(gcide) | Farfetched \Far"fetched`\, a.
1. Brought from far, or from a remote place.
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Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and
heterogeneous ingredients. --Hawthorne.
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2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or
introduced; forced; strained; hence, implausible or
improbable.
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Far-stretched
(gcide) | Far-stretched \Far"-stretched`\, a.
Stretched beyond ordinary limits.
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Fetched
(gcide) | Fetch \Fetch\ (f[e^]ch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fetched 2;
p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh.
the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get,
OFries. faka to prepare. [root]77. Cf. Fet, v. t.]
1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing
from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go
and bring; to get.
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Time will run back and fetch the age of gold.
--Milton.
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He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a
little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as
she was going to fetch it he called to her, and
said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in
thine hand. --1 Kings
xvii. 11, 12.
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2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.
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Our native horses were held in small esteem, and
fetched low prices. --Macaulay.
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3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to;
as, to fetch a man to.
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Fetching men again when they swoon. --Bacon.
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4. To reduce; to throw.
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The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to
the ground. --South.
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5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to
perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to
fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.
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I'll fetch a turn about the garden. --Shak.
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He fetches his blow quick and sure. --South.
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6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive
at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
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Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched
The siren's isle. --Chapman.
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7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.
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They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. --W.
Barnes.
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To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a circuit; to take a
circuitous route going to a place.
To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water
into the top and working the handle.
To fetch headway or To fetch sternway (Naut.), to move
ahead or astern.
To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher
fetches out the colors [of marble]" --Addison.
To fetch up.
(a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up
the tortoise when I please." --L'Estrange.
(b) To stop suddenly.
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Fletched
(gcide) | Fletch \Fletch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fletched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fletching.] [F. fl[`e]che arrow.]
To feather, as an arrow. --Bp. Warburton.
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[Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding:
"America loved his brother." --Bancroft.
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Photo-etched
(gcide) | Photo-etch \Pho`to-etch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Photo-etched;
p. pr. & vb. n. Photo-etching.] [Photo- + etch.]
To engrave, or make an engraving of, by any photomechanical
process involving etching of the plate.
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Retched
(gcide) | Retch \Retch\ (r[e^]ch or r[=e]ch; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Retched (r[e^]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.] [AS.
hr[ae]can to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin
to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.]
To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
[Written also reach.]
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Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching!
(Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) --Byron.
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Sketched
(gcide) | Sketch \Sketch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sketched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sketching.] [Cf D. schetsen, It. schizzare. See Sketch,
n.]
1. To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought
of.
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2. To plan or describe by giving the principal points or
ideas of.
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Syn: To delineate; design; draught; depict.
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Stretched
(gcide) | Stretch \Stretch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stretched; p. pr. & vb.
n. Stretching.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D.
strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[aum]cka, Dan.
straekke; cf. AS. straeck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack
straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to E. strong. Cf.
Straight.]
1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth.
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And stretch forth his neck long and small.
--Chaucer.
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I in conquest stretched mine arm. --Shak.
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2. To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a
straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope.
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3. To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as,
to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
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4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
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The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain.
--Shak.
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5. To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to
stretch a tendon or muscle.
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Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve. --Doddridge.
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6. To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the
truth; to stretch one's credit.
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They take up, one day, the most violent and
stretched prerogative. --Burke.
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Unfetched
(gcide) | Unfetched \Unfetched\
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Wretched
(gcide) | Wretched \Wretch"ed\, a.
1. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep
affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief;
calamitous; woeful; very afflicting. "To what wretched
state reserved!" --Milton.
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O cruel! Death! to those you are more kind
Than to the wretched mortals left behind. --Waller.
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Wretchedly
(gcide) | Wretchedly \Wretch"ed*ly\, adv.
In a wretched manner; miserably; despicable.
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Wretchedness
(gcide) | Wretchedness \Wretch"ed*ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery.
--Sir W. Raleigh.
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2. A wretched object; anything despicably. [Obs.]
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Eat worms and such wretchedness. --Chaucer.
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etched
(wn) | etched
adj 1: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design";
"engraved invitations" [syn: engraved, etched,
graven, incised, inscribed] |
farfetched
(wn) | farfetched
adj 1: highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse";
"an implausible explanation" [syn: farfetched,
implausible] |
outstretched
(wn) | outstretched
adj 1: fully extended especially in length; "a kitten with one
paw outstretched" |
stretched
(wn) | stretched
adj 1: (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching; "well-
stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury"
2: extended or spread over a wide area or distance; "broad
fields lay stretched on both sides of us" |
wretched
(wn) | wretched
adj 1: of very poor quality or condition; "deplorable housing
conditions in the inner city"; "woeful treatment of the
accused"; "woeful errors of judgment" [syn: deplorable,
execrable, miserable, woeful, wretched]
2: characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend";
"spent a wretched night on the floor" [syn: miserable,
wretched]
3: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity";
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn:
miserable, suffering, wretched]
4: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as
murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery
appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" [syn: despicable,
ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched]
5: deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable
victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as
extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for
help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh,
you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched
life" [syn: hapless, miserable, misfortunate,
pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor,
wretched] |
wretchedly
(wn) | wretchedly
adv 1: in a wretched manner; "`I can't remember who I am,' I
said, wretchedly" |
wretchedness
(wn) | wretchedness
n 1: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the
misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
[syn: misery, wretchedness, miserableness]
2: the character of being uncomfortable and unpleasant; "the
wretchedness for which these prisons became known"; "the grey
wretchedness of the rain"
3: the quality of being poor and inferior and sorry; "he has
compiled a record second to none in its wretchedness" |
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