Efface

What do we mean by efface?

To rub or wipe out; erase. intransitive verb

To remove or make indistinct. intransitive verb

To conduct (oneself) inconspicuously. intransitive verb

To cause to become shorter, softer, and thinner during labor. intransitive verb

To become shorter, softer, and thinner during labor. Used of the cervix. intransitive verb

To erase or obliterate, as something inscribed or cut on a surface; destroy or render illegible; hence, to remove or destroy as if by erasing: as, to efface the letters on a monument; to efface a writing; to efface a false impression from a person's mind.

To keep out of view or unobserved; make inconspicuous; cause to be unnoticed or not noticeable: used reflexively: as, to efface one's self in the midst of gaiety.

Synonyms Deface, Erase, Cancel, Expunge, Efface, Obliterate. To deface is to injure, impair, or mar to the eye, and so generally upon the surface: as, to deface a building. The other words agree in representing a blotting out or removal. To erase is to rub out or scratch out, so that the thing is destroyed, although the signs of it may remain: as, to erase a word in a letter. To cancel is to cross out, to deprive of force or validity. To expunge is to strike out; the word is now rarely used, except of the striking out of some record: as, to expunge from the journal a resolution of censure. To efface is to make a complete removal: as, his kindness effaced all memory of past neglect. Obliterate is more emphatic than efface, meaning to remove all sign or trace of.

To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible. transitive verb

To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away. transitive verb

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

To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out. verb

To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence. verb

Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor. verb

Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing verb

Remove completely from recognition or memory verb

Make inconspicuous verb

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

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

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

Of the cervix during pregnancy, to thin and stretch in preparation for labor.

Words that are spelled similarly to efface:
efface, enface.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word efface:
our, himself.

Words that rhyme with efface:
case, grace, face, base, place, space, race, embrace, brace, interface, pace, trace, chase, bass, ace, lace, showcase, database, replace, disgrace, mace, debase, displace, marketplace, apace, commonplace, horse race, erase, vase, bookcase, workplace, fireplace, dace, suitcase, aerospace, deface, encase, staircase, typeface, in place, incase, steeplechase, glace, touch base, briefcase, cyberspace, anyplace, retrace, thrace, misplace, someplace, chace, take place, lovelace, outpace, shoelace, interlace, airspace, rat race, in case, boldface, coup de grace, rais, outer space, graisse, lactase, wace, birthplace, scarface, polymerase, mais, nace, diabase, in the first place, relational database, footrace, poker face, in any case, airbase, orthoclase, out of place, maltase, reed mace, diastase, knowledge base, reiterates, lower case, meeting place, pencil case, parallel interface, showplace, caisse, upper case, dnase, yacht race, second base, wheelbase, user interface, everyplace, fall into place.

Adjectives that are often used to describe efface:
fair, self, epaulement, equal, ill, front, loss, poor, red, clean, last, left, beautiful, hateful, perfect, white, pale.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective efface:
direction, personality.

Consonant match to efface:
office, aphis, ifas, e face, f ace, f face, f ice, f us, high face, o face, off us.

Words that sound like efface:
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