efface

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. remove completely from recognition or memory (Freq. 2)
- efface the memory of the time in the camps
• Syn:
obliterate
• Derivationally related forms:
obliteration (for: obliterate)
• Hypernyms:
blur, dim, slur
• Verb Group:
obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make inconspicuous
- efface oneself
• Derivationally related forms:
effacement
• Hypernyms:
humble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
- Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!
• Syn:
erase, rub out, score out, wipe off
• Derivationally related forms:
erasure (for: erase), eraser (for: erase)
• Hypernyms:
delete, cancel
• Hyponyms:
sponge, scratch out, cut out
• Entailment:
rub
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  erase, rub out, score out, wipe off, obliterate