Example: "An incised design"
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.
To engrave a surface.
To make a lasting impression.
Example: "The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind."
To sketch; to delineate.
Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.
(of a muscle, body part or person) toned and with a well-defined musculature.