wipe

wipe1 [ waıp ] verb transitive **

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.

wipe something with something: He wiped his mouth with his napkin.

a ) to clean or dry something by moving it over a surface:

wipe your hands/feet: Wipe your hands before touching food.

wipe something on something: I wish you wouldn't wipe your hands on your clothes.

b ) wipe something from/off something to remove dirt or liquid from something, using a cloth or your hands:

He wiped the sweat from his forehead.

c ) to dry dishes with a cloth after washing them

2. ) wipe something with/around etc. something to apply a substance to a surface by moving a cloth, a piece of paper, or your finger over it:

Wipe the inside of the pan with a paper towel.

3. ) wipe something from/off something to remove something or make something disappear:

Nearly $20 billion was wiped off shares yesterday.

a ) to remove information from a TAPE, video, or computer DISK:

Did you wipe that tape?

b ) wipe something from your mind/memory to deliberately forget about something:

She wants to wipe the divorce from her mind.

c ) wipe something off/from the map or wipe something off the face of the earth to destroy something or make it disappear completely:

Some villages had been wiped from the map.

wipe the floor with someone INFORMAL

1. ) to defeat someone very easily in a game or an argument

2. ) to hit someone many times

wipe the smile/grin off someone's face INFORMAL

to stop someone who is annoying you from feeling so happy or pleased:

We won't be promoting Larry. That should wipe the grin off his face.

,wipe `down phrasal verb transitive

to clean a surface thoroughly with a cloth

,wipe `out phrasal verb

1. ) transitive to clean the inside of something with a cloth:

Just wipe out the refrigerator with a damp cloth.

2. ) transitive to destroy or get rid of something completely:

We want to wipe out world hunger by the year 2010.

3. ) transitive INFORMAL to make someone extremely tired:

The early-morning meetings really wipe me out.

4. ) transitive VERY INFORMAL to kill someone

5. ) intransitive INFORMAL to fall and have a big crash when you are riding something such as a SNOWBOARD or SURFBOARD

,wipe `up phrasal verb transitive

to remove a liquid from a surface using a cloth

wipe

wipe 2 [ waıp ] noun count

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:

a package of baby wipes