English > wipe: 2 senses > verb 1, contact| Meaning | rub with a circular motion. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "wipe the blackboard" |
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| Synonym | pass over |
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| Narrower | sponge | wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten |
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| squeegee | wipe with a squeegee |
| sweep, broom | sweep with a broom or as if with a broom |
| towel | wipe with a towel |
| whisk, whisk off | brush or wipe ... / wipe off lightly |
| Broader | rub | Move over something with pressure |
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| See also | wipe off, wipe away | remove by wiping |
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| wipe off | remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing |
| wipe out | use up (resources or materials) |
| Catalan | assecar, eixugar, netejar, treure |
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| Spanish | limpiar, quitar, secar |
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| Nouns | wipe | the act of rubbing or wiping |
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| wiper | a mechanical device that cleans the windshield |
| wiper | contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet |
| wiper | a worker who wipes |