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   wipe

   /wʌɪp/

   verb

   • 1. clean or dry (something) by rubbing with a cloth, a piece of paper, or one's hand: "Paul wiped his face with a handkerchief" Similar rubcleanmopspongeswabdrypolishdight
   • ▪ remove (dirt or moisture) from something by wiping: "she wiped away a tear" Similar rub offclean offsponge offpolish offremoveget rid ofdispose oftake offeraseeffaceclean upclear upmop upsponge upremoveget rid of
   • ▪ clean (something) by rubbing it against a surface: "the man wiped his hands on his hips"
   • ▪ spread (a liquid) over a surface by rubbing: "gently wipe the lotion over the eyelids"
   • 2. remove or eliminate (something) completely: "things have happened to wipe the smile off Kate's face" Similar obliterateexpungeeraseblot outremoveremove all traces ofblank out
   • ▪ erase data from (a computer system or electronic or magnetic storage device): "I discovered all of my hard drives had been wiped"
   • ▪ reject or dismiss (a person or idea): informal Australian, New Zealand "you can wipe that idea, if that's what you're thinking"
   • 3. pass (a swipe card) over an electronic reader: "a customer wipes the card across the reader and enters his/her identification number"

   noun

   • 1. an act of wiping: "Bert was giving the machine a final wipe over with an oily rag"
   • 2. a disposable cloth treated with a cleansing agent, for wiping things clean.
   • 3. a cinematographic effect in which an existing picture seems to be wiped out by a new one as the boundary between them moves across the screen.

   Word Origin Old Englishwīpian, of Germanic origin; related to whip.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wipeable adjective

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   What is the meaning of wiped?

   • 2. (usually foll by: off, away, from, up, etc) to remove by or as if by rubbing lightly: he wiped the dirt from his hands. 4. (Electronics) to erase a recording from (an audio or video tape) 6. (General Engineering) to apply (oil, grease, etc) by wiping 7. (Building) to form (a joint between two lead pipes) with solder or soft lead 10.

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   What does it mean to wipe your hands?

   • 2. to clean or dry by patting or rubbing on or with something: to wipe one's hands on a towel. 3. to rub or draw (something) over a surface, as in cleaning or drying. 5. to erase, as from existence or memory: to wipe a thought from one's mind.

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   How do you use wipe in a sentence?

   • Wipe your mouth. You’ve got chocolate all over it. She wiped away her tears. He wiped his mouth with his serviette. ... Wipe your hands before touching food! I wish you wouldn’t wipe your hands on your clothes! ... He wiped the sweat from his forehead. ... ... ... She shook the thermometer vigorously, and then wiped the end with antiseptic. ...

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   • Wipe: French Translation

     WIPE translate: essuyer, essuyer, effacer, coup [masculine]...

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     WIPE translate: menyeka, menyeka, sekaan. Learn more in the...

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     WIPE translate: вытирать , вытирание , салфетка . Learn more...

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     wipe translate: (ab)wischen, wischen, das Wischen. Learn...

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     wipe translate: เช็ด; ขัด, เช็ดให้สะอาด, การเช็ด. Learn more...

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