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- Dictionarywipe/wīp/
verb
- 1. clean or dry (something) by rubbing its surface with a cloth, a piece of paper, or one's hand: "Paul wiped his face with a handkerchief" Similar
- 2. remove or eliminate (something) completely: "things have happened to wipe the smile off Kate's face" Similar
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.
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to slide something, especially a piece of cloth, over the surface of something else, in order to remove dirt, food, or liquid: Do you have some paper towels that I can wipe the floor with? I'll just get a sponge and wipe the crumbs off the table. Don't wipe your nose on your sleeve! Someone has wiped their dirty hands on my nice clean towel!
If you wipe dirt or liquid from something, you remove it, for example by using a cloth or your hand.
to slide something over the surface of something else, in order to remove dirt, food, or liquid: Please wipe your feet before you come into the house. She gently wiped and cleaned her scraped knee. [ M ] Just take the sponge in the sink and wipe the table off.
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.
Other forms: wiped; wiping; wipes. Definitions of wipe. verb. rub with a circular motion. “ wipe the blackboard”. synonyms: pass over. see more. noun. the act of rubbing or wiping.
WIPE definition: 1. to clean or dry something by moving a cloth across it: 2. to remove dirt, water, a mark, etc…. Learn more.
1. a. : to rub with or as if with something soft for cleaning. b. : to clean or dry by rubbing. c. : to draw, pass, or move for or as if for rubbing or cleaning. wiped his hand across his brow. 2. a. : to remove by or as if by rubbing. wipe the spots off the glass. b. : to expunge completely.
to remove dirt, liquid, etc. from something by using a cloth, your hand, etc. wipe something (from/off something) He wiped the sweat from his forehead. (figurative) Wipe that stupid smile off your face. wipe something away/off/up She wiped off her makeup. Use that cloth to wipe up the mess.
to rub something against a surface, in order to remove dirt or liquid from it; to rub a surface with a cloth, etc. in order to clean it. wipe something (on something)Please wipe your feet on the mat. He wiped his hands on a clean towel.
Definitions of 'wipe' 1. If you wipe something, you rub its surface to remove dirt or liquid from it. [...] 2. If you wipe dirt or liquid from something, you remove it by using a cloth or your hand. [...] 3. A wipe is a small moist cloth for cleaning things and is designed to be used only once. [...] More. Conjugations of 'wipe'
