wipe
To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
Verb 3 meanings
To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
“Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.”
To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
“You've wiped grease all over your shirt.”
To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of wiping something.
“multiple wipes of a computer's hard disk”
A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
Etymology
From Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian (“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīpōn (“to wipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to twist, wind around”).
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WIPE at a glance
WIPE has 4 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (W 4 + I 1 + P 3 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,976 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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