to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of: He wiped the furniture with a damp cloth.
2.
to rub or draw (something) over a surface, as in cleaning or drying.
3.
to remove by rubbing with or on something (usually fol. by away, off, out, etc.): Wipe the dirt off your shoes. Wipe the dust from the pictures.
4.
to remove as if by rubbing (usually fol. by away, off, etc.): Wipe that smile off your face!
5.
to erase, as from existence or memory (often fol. by from): to wipe a thought from one's mind.
6.
to erase (magnetic tape, a recording, etc.).
7.
Plumbing.
a.
to apply (solder in a semifluid state) by spreading with leather or cloth over the part to be soldered.
b.
to form (a joint) in this manner.
8.
Machinery. (of a rotating shaft or the like) to melt the brasses of (a bearing) through friction.
9.
AustralianSlang. to refuse to have anything to do with; reject; dismiss.
–noun
10.
an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
11.
a rub, as of one thing over another.
12.
Also called wipe-off.Movies. a technique in film editing by which the projected image of a scene appears to be pushed or wiped off the screen by the image that follows.
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a piece of absorbent material, as of paper or cloth, used for wiping.
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