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стирать — meaning in English

stirat

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English meaning

  • blank adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
  • destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  • erase verb To remove marks, writing, or recorded information completely.
  • wash verb To clean something using water, usually with soap.
  • wipe verb To rub something over a surface in order to clean it or remove a substance.

Senses

стирать is used for these senses in English:

  • blank (transitive) To make void; to erase.
  • destroy (transitive, computing) To remove data.
  • do the laundry To wash the laundry.
  • efface (transitive) To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
  • efface (transitive) To cause to disappear as if by rubbing out or striking out.
  • erase (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
  • wipe (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
  • wipe (transitive, plumbing) To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.

blank — full definition

  1. adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
  2. adj Showing no expression, understanding, or emotion.
  3. noun A cartridge loaded with gunpowder but no bullet, used for training or effects rather than firing a projectile.
  4. verb To go suddenly unable to remember something.
  5. verb To deliberately ignore someone.

destroy — full definition

  1. verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  2. verb To defeat someone completely and overwhelmingly.
  3. verb To kill an animal deliberately, usually for humane or safety reasons.

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