- a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- a maplike delineation, representation, or reflection of anything: The old man's face is a map of time.
- function (def. 4a).
- the face: Wipe that smile off that ugly map of yours.
- genetic map.
- to represent or delineate on or as if on a map.
- to sketch or plan (often followed by out): to map out a new career.
- out of existence; into oblivion: Whole cities were wiped off the map.
- to bring into the public eye; make known, famous, or prominent:The discovery of gold put our town on the map.
- Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist.
- a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface or part of it, showing the geographical distributions, positions, etc, of natural or artificial features such as roads, towns, relief, rainfall, etc
- a diagrammatic representation of the distribution of stars or of the surface of a celestial body
- a maplike drawing of anything
- maths another name for function (def. 4)
- a slang word for face (def. 1)
- no longer important or in existence (esp in the phrase wipe off the map)
- to make (a town, company, etc) well-known
- to make a map of
- to represent or transform (a function, figure, set, etc)
- to fit in with or correspond to
- Walter. ?1140–?1209, Welsh ecclesiastic and satirical writer. His chief work is the miscellany De Nugis curialium
