Wipe

Verb

 * 1)  To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (cf. rub)
 * Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.
 * I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.
 * Tom started to wipe his eyes.
 * 1) * 1900, ,
 * So they passed through the Palace Gates and were led into a big room with a green carpet and lovely green furniture set with emeralds. The soldier made them all wipe their feet upon a green mat before entering this room, and when they were seated he said politely...
 * 1)  To erase.
 * I accidentally wiped my hard drive.

Noun

 * 1) A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.

Adverbs for Wipe
gently; timidly; sedately; quietly; hastily; mechanically; cautiously; medicinally.

Thesaurus
air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blackout, bleach, blocking, blot, bowdlerize, brush, burn, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, conk, cure, dehumidify, dehydrate, delouse, dematerialization, departure, depurate, desiccate, deterge, disappearance, disappearing, dispersion, dissipation, dissolution, dissolving, drain, dry, dry-clean, dust, dust off, eclipse, elimination, erasure, evanescence, evaporate, evaporation, expurgate, exsiccate, extinction, fadeaway, fadeout, fading, fire, freshen, going, hit, insolate, kerchief, kiln, knock, lick, lustrate, melting, mummify, occultation, parch, passing, purge, purify, rap, reform, rub, scavenge, scorch, sear, shrivel, smoke, soak up, sponge, spruce, steam-clean, sun, sun-dry, swab, swat, sweep out, sweeten, swipe, tidy, torrefy, towel, vanishing, vanishing point, weazen, whiten, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up, wither, wizen

Etymology
From wipen:, from  wipian:, from, from. Cognate with wippen:,  veva:,  𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽:,  swifan:. More at,.

Verb

 * Arabic: مسح
 * Armenian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherepon: pwere
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: tørre
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Ga: enga
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hindi: मिटाना
 * Hungarian: töröl
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 拭く
 * Korean:


 * Latin:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian: tørke av,
 * Nynorsk: turka
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: sientar
 * Russian:, вытереть ,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sguab
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, torka av
 * Telugu: తుడుచు (tuDuchu)
 * Thai: เช็ด
 * Twi: pepa
 * Vietnamese:, , lau sạch, chùi sạch


 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Indonesian: hapus, basmi, sapu bersih


 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:

Noun

 * Vietnamese: khăn lau, khăn chùi

Derived terms

 * wipe away
 * wipe off
 * wipe out
 * wipeout
 * wipe somebody's eye
 * wipe the floor
 * wipe the slate clean
 * wiper
 * asswipe