ERASE


Meaning of ERASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪreɪz, AM ɪreɪs ]

( erases, erasing, erased)

1.

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.

VERB : V n , V n from n

2.

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

VERB : V n , be V-ed from n , also V n from n

3.

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

VERB : V n

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.