wipe
- wipe
verb
ADVERB
▪ carefully, gently
▪ hastily, quickly
▪ easily
▪ The plastic surface can be easily wiped.
▪ just, simply
▪ away, down, up
▪ I wiped up the spilled wine.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪ She gently wiped the tears from her eyes.
▪ off
▪ He wiped the marks off the wall.
▪ on
▪ She wiped her hands on the towel.
▪ with
▪ When you've finished with it, simply wipe it clean with a damp cloth.
PHRASES
▪ wipe sth clean
PHRASAL VERB
wipe sth out
ADVERB
▪ completely, totally
▪ almost, nearly, practically, virtually
▪ The regiment was virtually wiped out in the first battle.
▪ effectively
▪ The disease has been effectively wiped out.
VERB + WIPE OUT
▪ threaten to
▪ pollution that threatens to wipe out 100 000 fish
Wipe is used with these nouns as the object: ↑
blood, ↑
brow, ↑
counter, ↑
crumb, ↑
dirt, ↑
disk, ↑
drop, ↑
dust, ↑
eye, ↑
floor, ↑
foot, ↑
forehead, ↑
glasses, ↑
grease, ↑
hand, ↑
lip, ↑
mascara, ↑
mouth, ↑
nose, ↑
palm, ↑
perspiration, ↑
saliva, ↑
sweat, ↑
table, ↑
tape, ↑
tear, ↑
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Wipe — Wipe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wiped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wiping}.] [OE. vipen, AS. w[=i]pian; cf. LG. wiep a wisp of straw, Sw. vepa to wrap up, to cuddle one s self up, vepa a blanket; perhaps akin to E. whip.] [1913 Webster] 1. To rub with something … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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wipe — *exterminate, extirpate, eradicate, uproot, deracinate Analogous words: obliterate, *erase, efface, expunge, blot out: *abolish, extinguish, annihilate: *destroy, demolish … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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wipe — wipe1 S3 [waıp] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(clean/rub)¦ 2¦(remove dirt)¦ 3¦(computer/tape)¦ 4 wipe something from your mind/memory 5 wipe the floor with somebody 6 wipe the slate clean 7 wipe the smile/grin off somebody s face 8 wipe something off the face of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
