Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - wipe
Wipe
wipe
v. & n. --v.tr. 1 clean or dry the surface of by rubbing with the hands or a cloth etc. 2 rub (a cloth) over a surface. 3 spread (a liquid etc.) over a surface by rubbing. 4 (often foll. by away, off, etc.) a clear or remove by wiping (wiped the mess off the table; wipe away your tears). b remove or eliminate completely (the village was wiped off the map). 5 a erase (data, a recording, etc., from a magnetic medium). b erase data from (the medium). 6 Austral. & NZ sl. reject or dismiss (a person or idea). --n. 1 an act of wiping (give the floor a wipe). 2 a piece of disposable absorbent cloth, usu. treated with a cleansing agent, for wiping something clean (antiseptic wipes). Phrases and idioms wipe down clean (esp. a vertical surface) by wiping. wipe a person's eye colloq. get the better of a person. wipe the floor with colloq. inflict a humiliating defeat on. wipe off annul (a debt etc.). wipe out 1 a destroy, annihilate (the whole population was wiped out). b obliterate (wiped it out of my memory). 2 sl. murder. 3 clean the inside of. 4 avenge (an insult etc.). wipe-out n. 1 the obliteration of one radio signal by another. 2 an instance of destruction or annihilation. 3 sl. a fall from a surfboard. wipe the slate clean see SLATE. wipe up 1 Brit. dry (dishes etc.). 2 take up (a liquid etc.) by wiping. Derivatives wipeable adj. Etymology: OE wipian: cf. OHG wifan wind round, Goth. weipan crown: rel. to WHIP
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I. verb (~d; wiping) Etymology: Middle English ~n, from Old English wīpian; akin to Old High German wīfan to wind around, Latin vibrare to brandish, and probably to Old Norse veipa to be in movement, Sanskrit vepate it trembles Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to rub with or as if with something soft for cleaning, to clean or dry by rubbing, to draw, pass, or move for or as if for rubbing or cleaning , 2. to remove by or as if by rubbing , to expunge completely , to spread by or as if by wiping, intransitive verb to make a motion of or as if of wiping something, II. noun Date: 1550 1. blow, strike, jeer, gibe, 2. an act or instance of wiping, a transition from one scene or picture to another (as in movies or television) made by a line moving across the screen, something (as a towel) used for wiping ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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