wipe
To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some…To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
» Tom wiped his hands on his jeans.
Том вытер руки о джинсы.
Том витер руки об свої джинси.
Meaning
12 senses(transitive)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.
I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.
(transitive)To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
You've wiped grease all over your shirt.
rub with a circular motion
(transitive)To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
wischen, schmieren
вытира́тьvytirátʹ, вы́теретьvýteretʹ, стира́тьstirátʹ
витира́тиvytyráty, ви́тертиvýterty
(ambitransitive)To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
I had nothing to wipe my bum with.
Even if you wipe very carefully, you still have to wash your hands afterward.
wischen
(transitive)To erase.
I accidentally wiped my hard drive.
löschen
стира́тьstirátʹ, стере́тьsterétʹ
(transitive)To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
(figuratively)To remove an expression from one's face.
You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in.
(transitive)To deperm (a ship).
To perform a transition in which one scene or slide is replaced with another over time along a horizontal axis, as if one scene or slide is a layer being slid off the other.
(intransitive)To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
If you try to fight that boss underprepared, you're definitely gonna wipe.
(UK, obsolete, slang)To hit or strike.
(obsolete)To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.
Examples
471 sentencesTom wiped his hands on his jeans.
Том витер руки об свої джинси.
ruТом вытер руки о джинсы.
Tom wiped the table with a wet cloth.
Том протер стіл вологою ганчіркою.
I wiped the window sill with a paper towel.
Я витерла підвіконня паперовим рушником.
ruЯ вытер подоконник бумажным полотенцем.
Tom wiped the table.
Том витер стіл.
ruТом вытер стол.
deTom wischte den Tisch ab.
I'm wiping the table.
Я витираю стіл.
ruЯ вытираю стол.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian (“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-WFrom 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”). Cognate with German wippen (“to bob”), Swedish veva (“to turn, wind, crank”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (weipan, “to wreathe, crown”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”), Sanskrit वेपते (vépate, “to tremble”). More at swivel, swift.
From wipe out (verb) and wipeout (noun) by shortening.
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Forms
wipes, wiping, wiped, wipedPhrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbs- wipe offстерти, стиратиTo remove (something such as dirt) by wiping.
- wipe outвикористовувати, використатиTo destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
- wipe upTo dry utensils, dishes etc. that have been washed.
- wipe downTo clean the exterior surface of an object, from top to bottom, typically by hand using a damp dishcloth or other cleaning cloth.
- wipe awayTo remove or erase with a wiping motion.
Synonyms
1 synonyms- rub with a circular motion:pass over
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
9 patterns- wipe the table
- wiped the sweat
- wiped his hands
- wiped his mouth
- wiped his face
- wipe off the
- please wipe the
- please wipe
- wiped away