erase
UK/ɪˈɹeɪz//ɪˈɹeɪs/
erase verb: to remove (markings or information).
Verb
erase (third-person singular simple present erases, present participle erasing, simple past and past participle erased)
- To remove (markings or information).
- I erased that word from the page because it was wrong.
- 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 obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
- I'm going to erase those files.
- 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.
- C.J. Henderson has the speed and anticipation to erase receivers all over the field, and his athleticism is absurd; according to Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, Henderson bench presses 380 pounds and squats 545.2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...
- To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
- The chalkboard erased easily.
- The files will erase quickly.
- To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
- I suggest, then, that counterdiscourses, when reductive, tend to emulate the screen discourse that erases gay sociality.1998, Janice Lynn Ristock, Catherine Taylor, Inside the academy and out
- As a result, Palestinians are hyperpresent in Israeli media, while Mizrahim are erased from public discourse.2004, Daniel Lefkowitz, Words and Stones, page 209
- To kill; assassinate.
Noun
erase (plural erases)
- The operation of deleting data.
- This subsystem is waiting to become Exclusive after having issued an erase.2000, Mark D. Hill, Norman P. Jouppi, Gurindar S. Sohi, Readings in Computer Architecture, page 603
erase meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
erase in Hindi
- to remove markings or information
- मिटाना miṭānā
erase in Tamil
- to remove markings or information
- அழி aḻi
erase in Marathi
- to remove markings or information
- खोडणे khoḍṇe
erase in Urdu
- to remove markings or information
- مٹانا
More languagesFewer languages
- erase in Bengali
- মুছে ফেলা, ঘষে তুলে ফেলা, কোনো স্মৃতি, লেখা বিলুপ্ত করা
- erase in Malayalam
- മായ്ക്കുക māykkuka
- erase in Kannada
- ಅಳಿಸಿಹಾಕು, ತೊಡೆದುಹಾಕು, ನಾಶಮಾಡಿಬಿಡು, ಒರೆಸಿಬಿಡು
- erase in Gujarati
- ભૂંસવું bhū̃svũ
- erase in Assamese
- মচা mosa
- erase in Nepali
- मेट्नु meṭnu
- erase in Tagalog
- bura, burahin
- erase in Arabic
- مَحَا maḥā, مَحَى maḥā, اِمَّحَى immaḥā, اِنْمَحَى inmaḥā
- erase in Malay
- memadamkan
- erase in Vietnamese
- xóa
Examples of erase in a sentence
- "On Earth, features like these may well have been largely erased."
- It also erased his 23-year prison sentence and ordered a retrial.
- “Yet here you appear, and as easily as milking a cow, you erase him from this world.”
Antonyms of erase
Forms of erase
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | erases |
| present participle | erasing |
| past participle | erased |
| past | erased |
| Noun | |
| plural | erases |
Origin of erase
From Latin ērāsus, past participle of ērādere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.
Words formed from erase
Phrases with erase
Words that rhyme with erase
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- appraise
- craze
- fraise
- gaze
- phrase
- mayonnaise
- ablaze
- braise
- chaise
- lase
- liaise
- malaise
- maze
- peise
- baize
- bayes
- bolognese
- braize
- braze
- days
- daze
- emprise
- laze
- overglaze
- praise
- reyse
- ukase
- upraise
- abbes
- abrase
- acraze
- affrays
- arrays
- assays
- bays
- bayze
- blays
- bordelaise
- borrowing days
- brays
- cays
- chays
- clays
- conveys
- crays
- crème anglaise
- decays
- delays
Questions about erase
- What does erase mean?
- Erase means to remove (markings or information).
- What is erase in Hindi?
- Erase in Hindi is मिटाना (miṭānā). See Erase meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is erase?
- Erase can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce erase?
- Erase is pronounced /ɪˈɹeɪs/ (US).
- What is the past tense of erase?
- The past tense of erase is erased.
Words near erase in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: erase (page history and authors); Erase (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); erase (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ભૂંસવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); মচা (Assamese) (page history and authors); मेट्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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