Complete Definition of "erase"

English

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) AHD|ĭ-r�zʹ, IPA|/ɪ�ɹeɪz/, SAMPA|/I"r\eIz/
(General American|US) AHD|ĭ-r�sʹ, IPA|/ɪ�ɹeɪs/, SAMPA|/I"r\eIs/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪs|-eɪs, Rhymes:English:-eɪz|-eɪz

Etymology
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Verb
en-verb|eras|ing

  1. to remove markings or information

#: I erased that note because it was wrong.

  1. context|storage To obliterate information from a storage medium, such as to clear, to overwrite, or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.

#: I'm going to erase those files.
#: I'm going to erase that tape.

  1. (paper tape storage) (punched card storage) to punch a hole at every punch position.
  2. baseball 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.

Source: definitions from w:Federal Standard 1037C|Federal Standard 1037C and from w:MIL-STD-188|MIL-STD-188

Derived terms
eraser

Related terms
erasure

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Derived terms)

French: t+|fr|effacer
Ido: efacar#Ido|efacar
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|س���|trsReen|scKUchar
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Spanish: t+|es|borrar
Telugu: త�డి�ివ�య� (tuDichivaeyu)


Italian

Verb
erase

  1. form of|third-person|Third-person singular past historic|eradere#Italian|eradere|lang=Italian

erase f

  1. plural|Plural of eraso

Category:Italian past participle forms
Category:Italian verb forms

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