'Wipe' definitions:
Definition of 'wipe'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Wipe'
From: GCIDE
- Wipe \Wipe\, n. [Cf. Sw. vipa, Dan. vibe, the lapwing.] (Zool.) The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wipe'
From: GCIDE
- Wipe \Wipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wiped; p. pr. & vb. n. Wiping.] [OE. vipen, AS. w[imac]pian; cf. LG. wiep a wisp of straw, Sw. vepa to wrap up, to cuddle one's self up, vepa a blanket; perhaps akin to E. whip.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel. [1913 Webster]
- Let me wipe thy face. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. --2 Kings xxi. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively. "To wipe out our ingratitude." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cheat; to defraud; to trick; -- usually followed by out. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- If they by coveyne [covin] or gile be wiped beside their goods. --Robynson (More's Utopia) [1913 Webster]
- To wipe a joint (Plumbing), 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.
- To wipe the nose of, to cheat. [Old Slang] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wipe'
From: GCIDE
- Wipe \Wipe\, n.
- 1. Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe. [Low] [1913 Webster]
- 3. A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A handkerchief. [Thieves' Cant or Slang] [1913 Webster]
- 5. Stain; brand. [Obs.] "Slavish wipe." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wipe'
From: Moby 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