wipe
/waɪp/ verb B2- To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.) · Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.· I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.
- To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion. · You've wiped grease all over your shirt.
- To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
- To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination. · I had nothing to wipe my bum with.· Even if you wipe very carefully, you still have to wash your hands afterward.
- To erase. · I accidentally wiped my hard drive.
- To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
- To remove an expression from one's face. · You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in.
- To deperm (a ship).
He/she/it wipes · Past wiped · Past participle wiped · -ing form wiping
Verb forms
- Base form
- wipe
- He/she/it
- wipes
- Past
- wiped
- Past participle
- wiped
- -ing form
- wiping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- wipe away To remove or erase with a wiping motion.
- wipe down To clean the exterior surface of an object, from top to b...
- wipe off To remove (something such as dirt) by wiping.
- wipe out To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of...
- wipe up To completely remove spilled liquid or solids, typically ...
From the library
Sherlock Holmes drew a long breath, and wiped the perspiration from his forehead.
“Yet,” stammered Dantès, wiping the perspiration from his brow,—“yet I gave you two hundred francs when I left, three months ago.”
The bride blushed, while Fernand, restless and uneasy, seemed to start at every fresh sound, and from time to time wiped away the large drops of perspiration that gathered on his brow.
When, at last, he walked into Dorothy’s room and thanked her for rescuing him, he was so pleased that he wept tears of joy, and Dorothy had to wipe every tear carefully from his face with her apron, so his joints would not be rusted.
Other matches
- wipe To have all members of a party die in a single ... C2
- wipe The act of wiping something. C2
- wipe A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing C2
- wipe An instance of all members of a party dying in ... C2
- wipe away To remove or erase with a wiping motion.
- wipe down To clean the exterior surface of an object, fro...
- wipe off To remove
- wipe out To destroy
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