Meaning of wipe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
   intransitive
2. To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
   transitive
3. To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean.Also used with out:annul, blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, x (out).
   out
4. To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
   transitive
5. an act of cleaning by rubbing. Give the table a wipe. skoonmaaksessie مَسْح، تَنْظيف بالفَرْك избърсване limpeza utření das Wischen aftørring σφουγγάρισμαlavado, fregado pühkimine پاک کردن pyyhkäisy coup de torchon נִיגוּב पोंछन brisanje (le)törlés sekaan þerrun, það að þurrka af pulitina 拭くこと 닦기 (nu)valymas, (nu)šluostymas []slaucīšana pengelapan beurttørking przetarcie limpadela ştergere вытирание utieranie, utretie brisanje brisanje avtorkning การเช็ด silme, temizleme 擦拭 витирати پونچھنے ک...
6. To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
   transitive
7. (also windscreen wiper) a moving arm for clearing rain etc from a vehicle's windscreen. veër مِمْسَحَه، مَسّاحَه чистачка limpador / esfregão stěrač der (Scheiben-)Wischer visker υαλοκαθαριστήραςlimpiaparabrisas klaasipuhasti برف پاک کن tuulilasinpyyhin essuie-glace מגב שמשה, וישר पोंछन brisač penyapu air hujan þurrka tergicristallo ワイパー (자동차의) 와이퍼 valytuvas (automobiļa) stiklu tīrītājs pengelap wisservindusviskerwycieraczka limpador ştergător стеклоочиститель; дворник stierač brisalec brisač...
   also
8. To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
   ambitransitive
9. To subject to light rubbing or friction, as with a cloth or paper, in order to clean or dry.
10. To erase.
    transitive
11. To remove by or as if by rubbing: wipe off dirt; wipe away grease.
12. 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.
    transitive
13. To spread or apply by or as if by wiping: wiped furniture polish over the table.
14. To remove an expression from one's face.
    figuratively
15. The act or an instance of wiping.
16. To deperm (a ship).
    transitive
17. Something, such as a towel or tissue, used for wiping.
18. To perform a transition in which one scene or slide is replaced with another over time along a horizontal axis, as if one scene or slide is a layer being slid off the other.
19. A cam that activates another part; a wiper.
20. To hit or strike.
    UK, obsolete, slang
21. A blow or swipe.
22. To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.
    obsolete

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Examples

“Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.”

“I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.”

“Tom started to wipe his eyes.”

“So they passed through the Palace Gates and were led into a big room with a green carpet and lovely green furniture set with emeralds. The soldier made them all wipe their feet upon a green mat before entering this room, and when they were seated he said politely[…]”

“You've wiped grease all over your shirt.”

“Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon.”

“So the plot is that he wipes half the population?”

“I had nothing to wipe my bum with.”

“Even if you wipe very carefully, you still have to wash your hands afterward.”

“I accidentally wiped my hard drive.”

“You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in.”

“Please wipe that look out of your eyes, it's bribing me to doubt myself.”

“Steve-O tells the camera, “Don’t worry; the next skit’s gonna be amazing”; he then pretends to grab the side of the screen, which “wipes” to the next shot.”

“The English, which they thinke lye still in wayte to wipe them out of theyr landes.”

“If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods.”

“If you try to fight that boss underprepared, you're definitely gonna wipe.”

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