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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

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   Wipe definition: to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of. See examples of WIPE used in a sentence.

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