Wipe

Quick meaning: Wipe is a verb meaning (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.).

Meaning

(transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.).

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
2. (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
3. (ambitransitive) To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
4. (transitive, computing) To erase.
5. (figurative) To remove an expression from one's face.
6. (transitive) To deperm (a ship).
7. (transitive, plumbing) 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.

Example Sentences

Tom started to wipe his eyes.

I had nothing to wipe my bum with.

You've wiped grease all over your shirt.

Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.

Word Forms

• wipes
• wiping
• wiped

Synonyms for wipe

Depending on context, synonyms include wipeoff, TPK, obliterate, efface, rub.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rub, obliterate, efface, scavenging, scavenge, cleanse.

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