borrar de la faz de la tierra

Phonetic: "/waɪp/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The act of wiping something.

Example: multiple wipes of a computer's hard disk

Definition: A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.

Definition: A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.

Definition: A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.

Phonetic: "/waɪp/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)

Example: I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.

Definition: To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.

Definition: To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.

Definition: To erase.

Example: I accidentally wiped my hard drive.

Definition: 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.

Definition: To remove an expression from one's face.

Example: You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in.

Definition: To deperm (a ship).

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) Beginning; starting point.

Example: He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To kill.

Example: He got in the way so I had him offed.

Definition: To switch off.

Example: Can you off the light?

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Inoperative, disabled.

Example: All the lights are off.

Definition: Cancelled; not happening.

Example: The party's off because the hostess is sick.

Definition: Not fitted; not being worn.

Example: The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.

Definition: Rancid, rotten, gone bad.

Example: This milk is off!

Definition: Less than normal, in temperament or in result.

Example: sales are off this quarter

Definition: Inappropriate; untoward.

Example: I felt that his comments were a bit off.

Definition: (in phrases such as 'well off', 'better off', 'poorly off') Circumstanced.

Definition: Started on the way.

Example: And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.

Definition: Far; off to the side.

Example: He took me down the corridor and into an off room.

Definition: Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.

Example: He took an off day for fishing.  an off year in politics; the off season

Definition: (in phrases such as 'off day') Designating a time when one is not performing to the best of one's abilities.

Definition: (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.

Example: — I'll have the chicken please.

Definition: (in relation to a vehicle) On the side furthest from the kerb (the right-hand side if one drives on the left).

Example: The off front wheel came loose.

Definition: In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: In a direction away from the speaker or object.

Example: He drove off in a cloud of smoke.

Definition: Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.

Example: Please switch off the light when you leave.

Definition: So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.

Example: He bit off the end of the carrot.

Definition: Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.

Phonetic: "/ɔːf/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.

Example: He's off the roof now.

Definition: Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.

Example: He was thrown off the team for cheating.

Definition: Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.

Example: His office is off this corridor on the right.

Definition: Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.

Example: The island is 23 miles off the cape.

Definition: Removed or subtracted from.

Example: There's 20% off the list price.

Definition: No longer wanting or taking.

Example: He's been off his feed since Tuesday.

Definition: (more properly 'from') Out of the possession of.

Example: He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.

Definition: Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.

Example: I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.

Phonetic: "/ði/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

Example: It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.

Definition: With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.

Example: I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.

Phonetic: "/feɪs/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose and mouth, and the surrounding area.

Example: That girl has a pretty face.

Definition: One's facial expression.

Example: Why the sad face?

Definition: (in expressions such as 'make a face') A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.

Example: Children! Stop making faces at each other!

Definition: The public image; outward appearance.

Example: He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment.

Definition: The frontal aspect of something.

Example: The face of the cliff loomed above them.

Definition: An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something.

Example: Poverty is the ugly face of capitalism.

Definition: Presence; sight; front.

Example: to fly in the face of danger

Definition: The directed force of something.

Example: They turned the boat into the face of the storm.

Definition: Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (See lose face, save face).

Definition: Shameless confidence; boldness; effrontery.

Example: You've got some face coming round here after what you've done.

Definition: Any surface, especially a front or outer one.

Example: Put a big sign on each face of the building that can be seen from the road.

Definition: Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension.

Definition: The numbered dial of a clock or watch, the clock face.

Definition: The mouth.

Example: He's always stuffing his face with chips.

Definition: Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application.

Example: I'll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face.

Definition: (metonymic) A person.

Example: It was just the usual faces at the pub tonight.

Definition: A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as music or fashion scene.

Example: He owned several local businesses and was a face around town.

Definition: A headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well-conditioned; a baby face.

Example: The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback.

Definition: The front surface of a bat.

Definition: The part of a golf club that hits the ball.

Definition: The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck).

Definition: The head of a lion, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.

Definition: The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end.

Example: a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face

Definition: A typeface.

Definition: Mode of regard, whether favourable or unfavourable; favour or anger.

Definition: The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value.

Phonetic: "/feɪs/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).

Example: Face the sun.

Definition: (of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).

Example: Turn the chair so it faces the table.

Definition: To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.

Definition: To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.

Example: We are facing an uncertain future.

Definition: To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.

Example: I'm going to have to face this sooner or later.

Definition: To have the front in a certain direction.

Example: The seats in the carriage faced backwards.

Definition: To have as an opponent.

Example: Puddletown United face Mudchester Rovers in the quarter-finals.

Definition: To be the batsman on strike.

Example: Willoughby comes in to bowl, and it's Hobson facing.

Definition: To confront impudently; to bully.

Definition: To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon.

Example: a building faced with marble

Definition: To line near the edge, especially with a different material.

Example: to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress

Definition: To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.

Definition: To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); especially, in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.

Definition: (retail) To arrange the products in (a store) so that they are tidy and attractive.

Example: In my first job, I learned how to operate a till and to face the store to high standards.

Phonetic: "/ɔv/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Expressing distance or motion.

Definition: Expressing separation.

Definition: Expressing origin.

Definition: Expressing agency.

Definition: Expressing composition, substance.

Definition: Introducing subject matter.

Definition: Having partitive effect.

Definition: Expressing possession.

Definition: Forming the "objective genitive".

Definition: Expressing qualities or characteristics.

Definition: Expressing a point in time.

Phonetic: "/ði/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

Example: It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.

Definition: With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none. See none the.

Example: I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.

Phonetic: "/ɜːθ/"

Part Of Speech: proper noun

Definition: The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.

Definition: The personification of the Earth or earth, as a fertile woman or goddess.

Phonetic: "/ɜːθ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: Soil.

Example: This is good earth for growing potatoes.

Definition: Any general rock-based material.

Example: She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.

Definition: The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).

Example: Birds are of the sky, not of the earth.

Definition: A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.

Definition: The lair (as a hole on the ground) of an animal such as fox.

Definition: A region of the planet; a land or country.

Definition: Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.

Definition: The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).

Definition: The people on the globe.

Definition: The human body.

Definition: The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.

Definition: Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.

Phonetic: "/ɜːθ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To connect electrically to the earth.

Example: That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed.

Definition: To bury.

Definition: To burrow.