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
Infinitiveetch
Past simpleetched
Past participleetched
-ing formetching
Full conjugation of the English verb to etch (past simple etched,
past participle etched):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
etch
you
etch
he/she/it
etches
we
etch
you
etch
they
etch
Present continuous
I
am etching
you
are etching
he/she/it
is etching
we
are etching
you
are etching
they
are etching
Present perfect
I
have etched
you
have etched
he/she/it
has etched
we
have etched
you
have etched
they
have etched
Present perfect continuous
I
have been etching
you
have been etching
he/she/it
has been etching
we
have been etching
you
have been etching
they
have been etching
Past simple
I
etched
you
etched
he/she/it
etched
we
etched
you
etched
they
etched
Past continuous
I
was etching
you
were etching
he/she/it
was etching
we
were etching
you
were etching
they
were etching
Past perfect
I
had etched
you
had etched
he/she/it
had etched
we
had etched
you
had etched
they
had etched
Past perfect continuous
I
had been etching
you
had been etching
he/she/it
had been etching
we
had been etching
you
had been etching
they
had been etching
Future simple
I
will etch
you
will etch
he/she/it
will etch
we
will etch
you
will etch
they
will etch
Future continuous
I
will be etching
you
will be etching
he/she/it
will be etching
we
will be etching
you
will be etching
they
will be etching
Future perfect
I
will have etched
you
will have etched
he/she/it
will have etched
we
will have etched
you
will have etched
they
will have etched
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been etching
you
will have been etching
he/she/it
will have been etching
we
will have been etching
you
will have been etching
they
will have been etching
Conditional
Present
I
would etch
you
would etch
he/she/it
would etch
we
would etch
you
would etch
they
would etch
Present continuous
I
would be etching
you
would be etching
he/she/it
would be etching
we
would be etching
you
would be etching
they
would be etching
Perfect
I
would have etched
you
would have etched
he/she/it
would have etched
we
would have etched
you
would have etched
they
would have etched
Perfect continuous
I
would have been etching
you
would have been etching
he/she/it
would have been etching
we
would have been etching
you
would have been etching
they
would have been etching
Subjunctive
Present
that I
etch
that you
etch
that he/she/it
etch
that we
etch
that you
etch
that they
etch
Past
if I
etched
if you
etched
if he/she/it
etched
if we
etched
if you
etched
if they
etched
Imperative
Affirmative
you
etch
we
let's etch
Negative
you
don't etch
we
let's not etch
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to etch
Perfect infinitive
to have etched
Present participle / gerund
etching
Past participle
etched
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.