deface
To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous mannerTo damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
» It was a sacred mountain before the settler state defaced it.
Значення
значень: 3To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
1869: George Eliot, The Legend of Jubal That wondrous frame where melody began / Lay as a tomb defaced that no eye cared to scan.
After the painting was defaced a decade ago, it went viral and has been a tourist attraction ever since.
verunstalten, entstellen
To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value of.
He defaced the I.O.U. notes by scrawling "void" over them.
To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it.
You get the Finnish state flag by defacing the national flag with the state coat of arms placed in the middle of the cross.
- mar or spoil the appearance of
Приклади
речень: 7It was a sacred mountain before the settler state defaced it.
The monument was defaced.
ruПамятник был осквернён. — Wezel
Vandals defaced the building.
Please don't deface this building.
What should've been a bustling walled city in a classical fantasy setting had been ransacked and defaced.
Переклади
мов: 5За значеннями 1
Походження
From Middle English defacen, from Old French defacier, desfacier (“to mutilate, destroy, dFrom Middle English defacen, from Old French defacier, desfacier (“to mutilate, destroy, disfigure”), from des- (“away from”) (see dis-) + Late Latin facia.
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Форми
defaces, defacing, defaced, defacedСиноніми
синонімів: 50Антоніми
антонімів: 3Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 6Уроки до слова
уроків: 3- A1Present Simple: теперішній простий час — Бо це дієслово
- A1Past Simple: правильні дієслова — Бо у нього є форма минулого часу
- A2Present Perfect: вступ — Бо у нього є дієприкметник минулого часу