Definizione monolingua

deface

deface (third-person singular simple present defaces, present participle defacing, simple past and past participle defaced)

1. To damage something, espacially 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.

2. To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value.

   He defaced the I.O.U. notes by scrawling ""void"" over them.

   • 1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

     One-and-twenty worn and defaced shillings, however, were considered as equivalent to a guinea, which perhaps, indeed, was worn and defaced too, but seldom so much so.

3. (heraldry, flags) 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.

Definizione dizionario deface

	sfigurare
	To mar the surface or appearance of.

deturpare

Altri significati:

To damage something in a visible or conspicuous manner.

(heraldry, flags) '''This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.'''

To void or devalue; to nullify or degrade the face value.