wipe

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NGSL Rank: 2765
wipe
wʌɪp Listen
Meanings
verb
  • clean or dry (something) by rubbing with a cloth, a piece of paper, or one's hand.
    E.g. Paul wiped his face with a handkerchief
  • remove or eliminate (something) completely.
    E.g. things have happened to wipe the smile off Kate's face
  • erase data from (a computer system or electronic or magnetic storage device).
    E.g. I discovered all of my hard drives had been wiped
  • pass (a swipe card) over an electronic reader.
    E.g. a customer wipes the card across the reader and enters his/her identification number
noun
  • an act of wiping.
    E.g. Bert was giving the machine a final wipe over with an oily rag
  • a disposable cloth treated with a cleansing agent, for wiping things clean.
  • a cinematographic effect in which an existing picture seems to be wiped out by a new one as the boundary between them moves across the screen.

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