wipe
- wipe
- I UK [waɪp] / US
verb transitive]
Word forms "wipe":
present tense
I/you/we/they wipe
he/she/it wipes
present participle wiping
past tense wiped
past participle wiped
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1) to clean or dry something by moving a cloth or something soft over it
Let me just wipe the table before you sit down.
Wipe your mouth. You've got chocolate all over it.
She wiped away her tears.
He wiped his mouth with his serviette.
a) to clean or dry something by moving it over a surface
wipe your hands/feet:
Wipe your hands before touching food!
I wish you wouldn't wipe your hands on your clothes!
b) to remove dirt or liquid from something, using a cloth or your hands
wipe something from/off something:
He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
c) to dry dishes with a cloth after washing them
2) to apply a substance to a surface by moving a cloth, a piece of paper, or your finger over it
wipe something with/around etc something:
She shook the thermometer vigorously, and then wiped the end with antiseptic.
3) British to remove information from a tape, video, or computer disk
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wipe something from your mind/memory
— to deliberately forget about somethingShe wants to wipe the divorce from her mind.
wipe something off/from the map
— to destroy something, or to make it disappear completelySome villages had been wiped from the map.
wipe the smile/grin off someone's face
— informal to stop someone who is annoying you from feeling so happy or pleasedWe won't be promoting Larry. That should wipe the grin off his face.
II UK [waɪp] / US
noun countable]
Word forms "wipe":
singular wipe
plural wipes
1) the action of wiping something to make it clean
Could you give the table a wipe before we eat?
2) a small wet cloth used a single time for cleaning something, especially skin
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