Efface

Quick meaning: Efface is a verb meaning (transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.
2. (intransitive) To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
3. (medicine, intransitive) Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.
4. (medicine, intransitive) Of a woman: to have the cervix thin and stretch in this manner.

Example Sentences

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

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

Some people like to efface their own memories with alcohol.

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

Word Forms

• effaces
• effacing
• effaced

Synonyms for efface

Depending on context, synonyms include rub out, obliterate, wipe, erase.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include erase, obliterate, rub out, wipe, delete, annihilate.

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