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efface
Overview of verb efface
The verb efface has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) obliterate, efface -- (remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps")
2. efface -- (make inconspicuous; "efface oneself")
3. erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off -- (remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!")
Grep of noun efface
effacement
Antonyms of verb efface
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb efface
3 senses of efface
Sense 1
obliterate, efface
=> blur, dim, slur
=> weaken
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 2
efface
=> humble
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
=> delete, cancel
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb efface
1 of 3 senses of efface
Sense 3
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
=> sponge
=> scratch out, cut out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb efface
3 senses of efface
Sense 1
obliterate, efface
=> blur, dim, slur
Sense 2
efface
=> humble
Sense 3
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
=> delete, cancel
'Cause To' of verb efface
Derived Forms of verb efface
1 of 3 senses of efface
Sense 2
efface
RELATED TO>(noun) effacement#2
=> effacement, self-effacement
Domain of verb efface
Domain Terms of verb efface
Familiarity of verb efface
efface used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb efface
3 senses of efface
Sense 1
obliterate, efface
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
efface
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb efface
3 senses of efface
Sense 1
obliterate, efface
> blur, dim, slur
=> obliterate, efface
Sense 2
efface
> humble
=> efface
Sense 3
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
> delete, cancel
=> erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
=> strike, scratch, expunge, excise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb efface
Sense 1
obliterate, efface
=> blur, dim, slur
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Sense 2
efface
=> humble
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Sense 3
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
=> delete, cancel
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Grep of verb efface
efface
Grep of adj efface
effaceable
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