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- pronunciation:
- ih
reIs
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Builder, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
erases, erasing, erased |
| definition 1: |
to remove (markings, characters, or the like) by rubbing or scraping away; expunge; efface.
Erase the incorrect total and write the correct total in its place.
- synonyms:
- delete, efface, expunge, rub out
- similar words:
- edit, eliminate, obliterate, remove, wipe off
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| definition 2: |
to rub or scrape the markings from.
The teacher erased the blackboard.- similar words:
- clean, efface, wipe
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| related words: |
blank, blot, blot out, cancel, cross, deface, delete, scratch |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to remove markings or characters from something.
On this typewriter you can erase with the backspace key.- synonyms:
- delete
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| definition 2: |
to allow easy erasing.
The blackboard erases with a wet sponge.- similar words:
- clean, rub
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adverb + (v.)erase
accidentally, but, completely, easily, effectively, electronically, partially, partly, permanently, quickly, securely, simultaneously, thereby, totally, virtually
(v.)erase
+ adverb
altogether, entirely, forever
(v.)erase
+ noun
bankruptcy,
barrier,
blackboard,
border,
boundary,
button,
clue,
cluster,
count,
crater,
credit-card,
debt,
deficit,
disk,
distinction,
doubt,
drawing,
drive,
evidence,
existence,
fear,
file,
footprint,
gain,
identity,
image,
impression,
inequity,
lead,
legacy,
line,
magic,
map,
mark,
marker,
memory,
message,
mind,
mistake,
narrative,
outline,
pain,
past,
pencil,
prejudice,
presence,
record,
recording,
scar,
sector,
shame,
sin,
spot,
stain,
stereotype,
stigma,
suspicion,
tape,
tattoo,
trace,
track,
trail,
vestige,
worry,
wrinkle
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| derivation: |
erasable (adj.) |
Word Builder: erase +
- eraser:
a thing used to erase.
The word erase
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
ras, rad, raz
Latin
root
that means scrape
Example words:
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