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# erase

«erase» in Mova's school dictionary: **To rub out writing or marks, for example with a rubber or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (erase, erases, erased, erasing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To rub out writing or marks, for example with a rubber or an eraser. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erase/#m1)

2) To delete something completely, such as a file, message or recording. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erase/#m2)

3) To remove a memory or feeling so it is forgotten or gone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erase/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

At school you erase pencil marks or wipe the whiteboard. On computers you erase files or data. In stories, people wish they could «erase a memory» or «erase the past». The tool is an «eraser» (US) or «rubber» (UK).

### examples

- Erase the wrong answer and try again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erase/#x1)
- The teacher erased the board at the end of the lesson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erase/#x2)
- Don't erase the photos before you save them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erase/#x3)
- I erased my mistake neatly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erase/#x4)
- The rain erased the chalk drawings on the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erase/#x5)
- She wished she could erase that embarrassing moment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erase/#x6)
- Press this button to erase the recording. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erase/#x7)
- Write in pencil so you can erase it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erase/#x8)

### note

Regular verb; drop the e: erasing, erased. Noun: eraser (US, Canada) — in the UK and Australia a «rubber» is also used, but in the US «rubber» can be rude slang, so say «eraser» there. Erased work cannot always be recovered on a computer.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «erase» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/erase/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.