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wipe English

Meaning wipe meaning

What does wipe mean?
Definitions in simple English

wipe

If you wipe something, you rub it to take something off of it. Often you wipe off water or dirt. I wiped my glasses with my shirt. I wiped the sweat from my forehead with the back of my hand. If you wipe a computer disk, you erase everything from it. I accidentally wiped my hard drive and lost all my documents.

wipe

A wipe is a piece of cloth that you wipe with. We need more wipes to clean the baby's bottom. A wipe is one movement that is part of wiping. Just give it a quick wipe to clean it.

wipe

rub with a circular motion wipe the blackboard He passed his hands over the soft cloth (= rub) the act of rubbing or wiping he gave the hood a quick rub

Synonyms wipe synonyms

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Topics wipe topics

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  • What words refer to rubbing something to make it clean?

Conjugation wipe conjugation

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wipe · verb

Examples wipe examples

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Simple sentences

If you piss on the toilet seat, wipe it off!
Mary needs a whole roll of toilet paper to wipe her ass clean.
Wipe the dust off the table.
Would you wipe the table for me?
Will you please wipe the dust off the table?
Let me help you wipe it off.
She used a damp rag to wipe off the dust.
Wipe your tears.
I cannot wipe the table. I don't have a cloth.
Wipe your nose.
She had no tissues to wipe away her tears.
The crime would have been perfect if the thief hadn't forgotten to wipe his fingerprints.
Wipe the sweat from your brow.
Wipe your shoes on the mat.
Wipe your eyes.
If the plug gets dirty, wipe it off with a dry cloth before insertion.
It is completely understandable to wipe your nose on the bedclothes if you cannot find your handkerchief with the lights out.
Before you put the knife away, please wipe it dry so that it will not rust.
Wipe that smirk off your face.

Movie subtitles

Wipe them out!
Wipe out all Britannian forces! Save the Japanese!
Was it for some great achievement? Did you want to become famous as the man who managed to wipe out the entire Yoshioka clan?
There's only one way to wipe out this disgrace.
It has already proved dangerous to wipe yourself off on the furniture.
You must always be near at hand to wipe off my feet.
You'll have to wipe out the corruption.
Will that help to wipe them out?
Wipe down them dories.
Wipe your face.
Will someone wipe the black in his face?
Wipe them off of the face of the Earth!
Scram, before I wipe the street with you.
You better wipe your nose first.
Wipe out all Britannian forces!
No, you will stay behind with them to wipe out The Blessed.
Because you're working to wipe out the human race.
I believe I'll wipe your memories as well.
The Chinese government will wipe you out.
All the money in the world cant wipe out his insult to me.
That's one kiss you won't wipe off.
We must wipe out Those we have ignorantly elected and Those who manipulate This diseased officialdom behind locked doors.
If we weren't in this apartment house, I'd wipe the floor with you!
I've told the cleaner to help me wipe off the coffee stain. He takes so much pride in his work and I can't deal a blow to his enthusiasm. Looks like as you age, your memory will worsen, isn't that right?
In coming here I bought the right to wipe the slate clean!
He bought the right to wipe the slate clean.
I adore you, so calm down! Wipe your face.
Come on, fellas. Let's wipe up the floor with these kids!
Let me wipe you off.
Why don't you wipe it off someday and have a good look.
Wipe his face.
We'll wipe 'em out.
You aren't fit to wipe his boots!
They can't wipe us out. They can't lick us.

News and current affairs

First, rigid rules that wipe out shareholders and penalize long-term creditors are a clear deterrent from bankers' point of view.
We are told that global warming will wipe out this majestic creature.
Since Iranian leaders daily proclaim their desire to wipe Israel off the map and to fight the US (Ahmadinejad stepped on a picture of an American flag on his way to vote), the risk of confrontation has increased.
That is why they have tried to obtain political support against the nuclear ambitions of Iran, which periodically threatens Israel, at times proclaiming its desire to wipe it off the face of the earth.
We now see them feast on enfeebled democracies in many European countries, as fringe movements become serious contenders for power and threaten to wipe out the achievements of more than 60 years of European integration.
Or consider Nasser's massing of Egyptian troops on Israel's border in 1967, threatening to wipe it off the map.
Just as countries might want to wipe out their debt and start anew, individuals might like to erase their electronic past in a dramatic act of liberation.
If not, the loss in the price of the bond would more than wipe out the extra interest that he earned, even if rates remain unchanged for five years.
Japan recapitalized its banks in 1998, but did not wipe out equity holders.
A government default would thus wipe out the entire Greek banking system.
What we should learn - for next time and for every time to come - is that great leaders and great dreams are being overlooked in the women who prepare our food, process our Internet orders, and wipe up the spills in our hospitals.
But the kidnapping of Chiang Kaishek by the general he had appointed to wipe out the Communists saved them.
Instead, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Iran's president, has threatened to wipe Israel off the map.
Or the court might test out a new era name after a political debacle, in an effort to wipe the slate clean.
We are told that global warming will wipe out this majestic creature. We are not told, however, that over the past 40 years - while temperatures have risen - the global polar bear population has increased from 5,000 to 25,000.

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