Erase | Mean of erase in English Dictionary
/ɪˈreɪs/
- Verb
- to remove (something that has been recorded) from a tape (such as a videotape or audiotape) or a computer disk
- The recording can be erased and the tape used again.
- Several important files were accidentally erased.
- to remove recorded material from (a tape or disk)
- You can erase the tape/disk and use it again.
- to remove (something written) by rubbing or scraping so that it can no longer be seen
- She erased the wrong answer from her paper and filled in the correct one.
- I erased the chalk marks from the blackboard.
- These marks won't erase. [=can't be erased]
- to remove something written from (a surface)
- erase [=clean] the blackboard
- to remove any thought or memory of (something)
- Time has erased the event from her memory. [=she has completely forgotten the event]
