Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• wipes
• wiping
• wiped

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When Should You Use Wipe?

Use wipe when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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