efface

verbA2

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verb
V_es/s
effaces
V_ing/Gerund
effacing
V_ed/pp
effaced
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.

    Do not efface what I've written on the chalkboard.

    An outline of the same device might be traced on his shield, though many a blow had almost effaced the painting.

    Đồng nghĩa: rub out

  2. 2.

    (transitive)To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.

    Some people like to efface their own memories with alcohol.

  3. 3.

    (intransitive)To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.

    Many people seem shy, but they really just efface for meekness.

  4. 4.

    (intransitive)(medicine, intransitive) Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.

  5. 5.

    (intransitive)(medicine, intransitive) Of a woman: to have the cervix thin and stretch in this manner.

    Some females efface 75% by the 39th week of pregnancy.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

rub out

Cùng gốc / liên quan

effaceableeffacementeffacerineffaceableself-effacinguneffaceddeface

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Nguồn gốc từ

From frm effacer erase, from fro esfacier remove the face. ine-pro

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, dictionary, wiktionary · cập nhật 14/8/2026

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