remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing - Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong! • Syn: erase, score out, efface, wipe off • Derivationally related forms: erasure (for: erase), eraser (for: erase) • Hypernyms: delete, cancel • Hyponyms: sponge, scratch out, cut out • Entailment: rub • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something