Found 5 hits - Term: wipe, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wipe \wipe\, n. cf. sw. vipa, dan. vibe, the lapwing. zool.
the lapwing. prov. eng.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wipe \wipe\, v. t. imp. p. p. wiped; p. pr. vb. n.
wiping. oe. vipen, as. wimacpian; 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
see also:
wiped wiping to wipe a joint to wipe the nose of
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
wipe
n : the act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub"
syn: rub
v : rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard" syn: pass
over
see also:
rub pass over
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
96 moby thesaurus words for "wipe":
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
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