map

Definitions


[map], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.
(e.g: a street map)

- a person's face
(e.g: you ought to know my map by now)


Phrases:
- all over the map
- off the map
- put someone or something on the map
- wipe something off the map

Origin:
early 16th century: from medieval Latin mappa mundi, literally ‘sheet of the world’, from Latin mappa ‘sheet, napkin’ + mundi ‘of the world’ (genitive of mundus)


[map], (Verb)

Definitions:
- represent (an area) on a map; make a map of
(e.g: inaccessible parts will be mapped from the air)


Phrases:
- all over the map
- off the map
- put someone or something on the map
- wipe something off the map

Origin:
early 16th century: from medieval Latin mappa mundi, literally ‘sheet of the world’, from Latin mappa ‘sheet, napkin’ + mundi ‘of the world’ (genitive of mundus)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries