English-Thai Dictionary

deface

VT ทำให้ มี รอย ตำหนิ  ทำให้ เสียโฉม  ขีดเขียน จน เสีย  damage deform disfigure mar tham-hai-me-roi-tam-ni

 

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PHRV ทำให้ เสีย  ทำให้ เป็น รอย  tm-hai-sia

 

defacement

N การ ทำให้ หน้าเสีย โฉม  kan-tam-hai-nar-sia-chom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEFACE

v.t. 1. To destroy or mar the face or surface of a thing; to injure the superficies or beauty; to disfigure; as, to deface a monument; to deface an ediface.
2. To injure any thing; to destroy, spoil or mar; to erase or obliterate; as, to deface letters or writing; to deface a note, deed or bond; to deface a record.
3. To injure the appearance; to disfigure.

 

DEFACER

n.He or that which defaces; one who injures, mars or disfigures.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEFACE

De *face ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Defacing. ]Etym: [OE. defacen to disfigure, efface, OF. desfacier; L. dis- + facies face. See Face, and cf. Efface. ]

 

1. To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. "This high face defaced." Emerson. So by false learning is good sense defaced. Pope.

 

2. Etym: [Cf. F. défaire. ]

 

Defn: To destroy; to make null. [Obs. ] [Profane scoffing ] doth. .. deface the reverence of religion. Bacon. For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced ]. Spenser.

 

Syn. -- See Efface.

 

DEFACEMENT

DEFACEMENT De *face "ment, n.

 

1. The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.

 

2. That which mars or disfigures. Bacon.

 

DEFACER

DEFACER De *fa "cer, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

deface

de face |diˈfās dəˈfeɪs | ▶verb [ with obj. ] spoil the surface or appearance of (something ), e.g., by drawing or writing on it; mar or disfigure: he defaced library books | the canyon's spectacular limestone walls have been defaced by the reservoir. DERIVATIVES de face ment noun, de fac er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French desfacier, from des- (expressing removal ) + face ‘face. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

deface

de ¦face |dɪˈfeɪs | ▶verb [ with obj. ] spoil the surface or appearance of (something ), for example by drawing or writing on it: he defaced library books. DERIVATIVES defacement noun, defacer noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French desfacier, from des- (expressing removal ) + face ‘face ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

deface

deface verb the kids were caught defacing a school building with spray paint: vandalize, disfigure, mar, spoil, ruin, sully, damage, blight, impair, trash.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

deface

deface verb a graffiti artist who defaced buildings and motorway bridges: vandalize, disfigure, mar, spoil, ruin, deform, sully, tarnish, damage; injure, uglify, blight, blemish, impair; informal tag, trash. ANTONYMS beautify.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

deface

de face /dɪféɪs /動詞 他動詞 〈印刷物 壁など 〉を (落書きして )汚す, だめにする ; …の外観を損なう .～ment 名詞