erase

erase

remove, as by rubbing or wiping out
Not to be confused with:delete – to strike out or cancel, as from a text

e·rase

E0193900 (ĭ-rās′)tr.v. e·rased, e·ras·ing, e·ras·es 1. a. To remove (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping.b. To remove (recorded material) from a magnetic tape or other storage medium: erased a file from the hard drive.c. To remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk, for example): erased the DVD.2. To remove all traces of; eliminate or obliterate: had to erase all thoughts of failure from his mind.

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[Latin ērādere, ērās-, to scratch out : ē-, ex-, ex- + rādere, to scrape; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: erase, expunge, delete, cancel
These verbs mean to remove or invalidate something, especially something stored, recorded, or written down. To erase is to wipe or rub out, literally or figuratively: erased the word from the blackboard; erased any hope of success.
Expunge implies thorough removal: a performance that expunged doubts about his ability.
To delete is to remove matter from a manuscript or data from a computer application: deleted expletives from the transcript; deleted the file with one keystroke.
Cancel refers to invalidating by or as if by drawing lines through something written: canceled the postage stamp; canceled the reservation.

erase

(ɪˈreɪz) vb1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to obliterate or rub out (something written, typed, etc)2. (tr) to destroy all traces of; remove completely: time erases grief. 3. (General Physics) to remove (a recording) from (magnetic tape)4. (Computer Science) (tr) computing to replace (data) on a storage device with characters representing an absence of data[C17: from Latin ērādere to scrape off, from ex-¹ + rādere to scratch, scrape] eˈrasable adj

e•rase

(ɪˈreɪs)

v. e•rased, e•ras•ing. v.t. 1. to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface. 2. to eliminate completely: She couldn't erase the scene from her memory. 3. to obliterate (recorded material) from (a recording medium): She erased the message on the answering machine. I accidentally erased the tape. 4. to remove (data) from computer storage: He erased the data from the hard drive. 5. Slang. to murder. v.i. 6. to give way to effacement readily or easily. 7. to obliterate characters, markings, etc., from something. [1595–1605; < Latin ērāsus, past participle of ērādere=ē- e- + rādere to scrape; compare raze] e•ras′a•ble, adj. e•ras`a•bil′i•ty, n.

erase

- From Latin e-, "out," and radere, "scrape."See also related terms for scrape.

erase

Past participle: erased
Gerund: erasing

Imperative
erase
erase

Present
I erase
you erase
he/she/it erases
we erase
you erase
they erase

Preterite
I erased
you erased
he/she/it erased
we erased
you erased
they erased

Present Continuous
I am erasing
you are erasing
he/she/it is erasing
we are erasing
you are erasing
they are erasing

Present Perfect
I have erased
you have erased
he/she/it has erased
we have erased
you have erased
they have erased

Past Continuous
I was erasing
you were erasing
he/she/it was erasing
we were erasing
you were erasing
they were erasing

Past Perfect
I had erased
you had erased
he/she/it had erased
we had erased
you had erased
they had erased

Future
I will erase
you will erase
he/she/it will erase
we will erase
you will erase
they will erase

Future Perfect
I will have erased
you will have erased
he/she/it will have erased
we will have erased
you will have erased
they will have erased

Future Continuous
I will be erasing
you will be erasing
he/she/it will be erasing
we will be erasing
you will be erasing
they will be erasing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been erasing
you have been erasing
he/she/it has been erasing
we have been erasing
you have been erasing
they have been erasing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been erasing
you will have been erasing
he/she/it will have been erasing
we will have been erasing
you will have been erasing
they will have been erasing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been erasing
you had been erasing
he/she/it had been erasing
we had been erasing
you had been erasing
they had been erasing

Conditional
I would erase
you would erase
he/she/it would erase
we would erase
you would erase
they would erase

Past Conditional
I would have erased
you would have erased
he/she/it would have erased
we would have erased
you would have erased
they would have erased

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	erase - remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"wipe outkill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
	2.	erase - remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"rub out, score out, wipe off, effacesponge - erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboarddelete, cancel - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"scratch out, cut out - strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out; "scratch out my name on that list"
	3.	erase - wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"deleterecording, transcription - the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth"take away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"demagnetise, demagnetize - erase (a magnetic storage device)record, tape - register electronically; "They recorded her singing"

erase

verb1. delete, cancel out, wipe out, remove, eradicate, excise, obliterate, efface, blot out, expunge They are desperate to erase the memory of their defeat.2. rub out, remove, wipe out, delete, scratch out She erased the words from the blackboard.

erase

verb1. To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean:annul, blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out).Law: vacate.2. To destroy all traces of:abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.

Translations

抹去擦掉

erase

(iˈreiz) , ((American) iˈreis) verb to rub out (pencil marks etc). The typist tried to erase the error. 擦掉 擦掉eˈraser noun (especially American) something that erases, especially a piece of india-rubber etc for erasing pencil etc. 橡皮擦 橡皮擦

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