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wipe
(wīp)tr.v. wiped, wip·ing, wipes
1.
a. To subject to light rubbing or friction, as with a cloth or paper, in order to clean or dry.
b. To clean or dry by rubbing: wiped my feet before I went inside.
c. To rub, move, or pass (a cloth, for example) over a surface.
2.
a. To remove by or as if by rubbing: wipe off dirt; wipe away grease.
b. To blot out completely, as from the memory.
3.
a. To spread or apply by or as if by wiping: wiped furniture polish over the table.
b. To form (a joint) in plumbing by spreading solder with a piece of cloth or leather.
n.
Phrasal Verb: 1. The act or an instance of wiping.
2. Something, such as a towel or tissue, used for wiping.
3. A cam that activates another part; a wiper.
4.
a. A blow or swipe.
b. Informal A jeer; a gibe.
5. A transition from one scene in a film or movie to another, effected by means of a line passing across the screen.
wipe out
1. To destroy or be destroyed completely.
2. Slang To murder.
3. Sports To lose one's balance and fall, as when skiing or surfing.
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wipe out
vb (adverb)
1. (tr) to destroy completely; eradicate
2. (tr) informal to murder or kill
3. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) (intr) to fall or jump off a surfboard or skateboard
4. (Skateboarding) (intr) to fall or jump off a surfboard or skateboard
n
5. an act or instance of wiping out
6. (Telecommunications) the interference of one radio signal by another so that reception is impossible
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| Verb | 1. | wipe out - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" run out - exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" drain - deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy" spend - spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days" |
| 2. | wipe out - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" | |
| 3. | wipe out - eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out" | |
| 4. | wipe out - remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" | |
| 5. | wipe out - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" | |
| 6. | wipe out - wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record" do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" |
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wipe
verbphrasal verb
wipe out
1. To destroy all traces of:
abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot.
Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.
2. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution:
Idioms: do away with, put an end to.
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Translations
يُزيل، يَتَخَلَّص مِنيَمحو، يُدَمِّر كُلِيايَمْسَح من الدّاخِل
udryddeudslette
eltöröl a föld színérõl
afmá, òurrka útgjöreyîahreinsa meî klúti
içini silip temizlemeksilip yok etmektamamen ortadan kaldırmak
w>wipe out
vt sep
(= clean) bath, bowl → auswischen
(= erase) memory, part of brain, sth on blackboard → (aus)löschen; guilty feelings → verschwinden lassen
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wipe
(waip) verb1. to clean or dry by rubbing with a cloth, paper etc. Would you wipe the table for me?
2. to remove by rubbing with a cloth, paper etc. The child wiped her tears away with her handkerchief; Wipe that writing off (the blackboard); Please wipe up that spilt milk.
noun an act of cleaning by rubbing. Give the table a wipe.
ˈwiper noun (also windscreen wiper) a moving arm for clearing rain etc from a vehicle's windscreen.
wipe out1. to clean the inside of (a bowl etc) with a cloth etc.
2. to remove; to get rid of. You must try to wipe out the memory of these terrible events.
3. to destroy completely. They wiped out the whole regiment in one battle.
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