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# wipe

«wipe» in Mova's school dictionary: **to rub it with a cloth, tissue or your hand to clean or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (wipe, wipes, wiped, wiping); noun (a wipe, wipes — a damp cloth for cleaning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To wipe something means to rub it with a cloth, tissue or your hand to clean or dry it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#m1)

2) To wipe something away or off means to remove it by rubbing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#m2)

3) To wipe out means to destroy completely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#m3)

4) A wipe is a small damp cloth used for cleaning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In hygiene lessons: wipe your nose with a tissue, wipe your bottom from front to back after using the toilet, wipe surfaces where food is made. In safety, wipe up spills so nobody slips. In computing, to wipe a device means to delete everything on it. Phrases: wipe your feet, wipe your nose, wipe clean, wipe out, wipe away tears, baby wipes.

### examples

- Wipe your feet on the mat before you come in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#x1)
- Please wipe the table after lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#x2)
- She wiped away her tears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#x3)
- Use a tissue to wipe your nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#x4)
- Wipe up the spilt water so nobody slips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#x5)
- The teacher wiped the board clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#x6)
- A huge wave wiped out the sandcastle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#x7)
- We used baby wipes to clean our sticky hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#x8)
- And he wiped away a tear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/#x9)

### note

Regular verb: wiped, wiping (drop the «e»). «Wipe» means rub gently; «scrub» means rub hard. Wet wipes should go in the bin, not down the toilet, because they block pipes.

### In the corpora

- [Male ring-tailed lemurs have stink fights, wiping scent onto their tails and waving them at rivals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa/5/)
- [Edward Jenner made the first vaccine in 1796 from cowpox, and smallpox was declared wiped out worldwide in 1980.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines/9/)
- [Spills on the floor should be wiped up at once, because wet floors cause slips and falls.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/31-kitchen-safety/19/)
- [Wiping from front to back after the toilet stops germs from the bottom reaching where you wee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/11/)
- [Only toilet paper is flushed, and only as much as needed, because wipes, toys and too much paper block the pipes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wipe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wipe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.