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borrar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blank adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
  • blur verb To make something unclear, hazy, or difficult to make out.
  • delete verb To remove or erase something, especially text or digital data.
  • erase verb To remove marks, writing, or recorded information completely.
  • expunge verb To erase or strike out.
  • obliterate verb To destroy something completely, leaving no trace.
  • redact verb To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.

Senses

borrar is used for these senses in English:

  • backspace (computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
  • blank (transitive) To make void; to erase.
  • blur To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
  • blur To smear, stain or smudge.
  • delete (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]
  • erase (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
  • expunge (transitive) To erase or strike out.
  • obliterate To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.

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.

blur — full definition

  1. verb To make something unclear, hazy, or difficult to make out.
  2. noun Something that appears hazy, smudged, or indistinct.

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