erase

Definition of erase in English English dictionary: To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information)
The files will erase quickly.; To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
Jones was erased by a 6-4-3 double play.; To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize
I'm going to erase this tape.; To punch a hole at every punch position; To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite
I'm going to erase those files.; to remove markings or information
I erased that note because it was wrong.; {v} to rub or scrape out, root up, destroy; To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name; to cause an engram to “vanish” entirely by recounting, at which time it is filed as memory and experience and ceases to be part of the reactive mind See also engram; reactive mind; Fig; If you erase sound which has been recorded on a tape or information which has been stored in a computer, you completely remove or destroy it. He was in the studio tearfully erasing all the tapes he'd slaved over It appears the names were accidentally erased from computer disks. = wipe; An attempt to read vital data of which you have no backup copy; To be deleted; to die RB: 1 F; To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; used of ideas in the mind or memory; (1) To replace the contents of a storage area by binary zero (2) Another form of DEL command; In computer terminology, to expunge, wipe out, or destroy stored information, usually without destroying the storage media, as in demagnetizing a magnetic tape; wipe out magnetically recorded information; To obliterate information from a storage medium, such as to clear, to overwrite, or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize; (punched card storage) to punch a hole at every punch position; From a Line or a Diamond Centers U-Turn Back (toward each other) as Ends do their part of Fan the Top Usually ends in a Diamond or a Line; wipe out magnetically recorded information remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!; Refers to the act to delete something; {f} rub off, totally remove; If you erase a thought or feeling, you destroy it completely so that you can no longer remember something or no longer feel a particular emotion. They are desperate to erase the memory of that last defeat in Cardiff Love was a word he'd erased from his vocabulary since Susan's going; The Erase Helper - the pencil eraser icon in the upper right corner of some screens - will erase all values on the screen For example, if you use Erase at an Item Lookup screen, any values in the search index, library, and search box will be erased and changed to blanks; remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"; to cause an engram to "vanish" entirely by recounting, at which time it is filed as memory and experience and ceases to be part of the reactive mind See also engram; reactive mind; If you erase something such as writing or a mark, you remove it, usually by rubbing it with a cloth. It was unfortunate that she had erased the message. = rub out; Deletes one or more files See also DEL
erasable: {a} that may be erased
erased: {a} expunged, scratched out, torn away
dry-erase board: A whiteboard (also called a dry-erase or dry-wipe board) is the name for any glossy surface, most commonly coloured white, where non-permanent markings can be made. Whiteboards operate analogously to chalkboards in that they allow markings to temporarily adhere to the surface of the board
To erase: wipe
erasable: Capable of being erased
erasable: capable of being effaced; "the fire's worst scars were effaceable by a comprehensive program of reforestation"; "a signal too loud to be erasable in a single pass through the erase head"
erasable: {s} able to be erased, may be wiped away
erased: Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; used esp
erased: Couped
erased: Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated
erased: of the head or limb of a beast
erased: {s} rubbed off; totally removed
erased: past of erase
erased: Cf
erases: third person singular of erase
erasing: present participle of erase
erasing: {i} rubbing out, deleting, eradicating

erase

Hyphenation

e·rase

Turkish pronunciation

ireys

Synonyms

abolish, annul, black out, blank, blot, blue pencil, cancel, cross out, cut, cut out, delete, disannul, dispatch, efface, eliminate

Antonyms

add, insert, put in

Pronunciation

/ēˈrās/ /iːˈreɪs/

Etymology

[ i-'rAs, British -'rAz ] (verb.) 1605. From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”)