wipe

English

/waɪp/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. Compare rub.
  • (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
  • (obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.
  • (transitive) To erase.
  • (transitive) 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.
  • (figurative) To remove an expression from one's face.
  • (transitive) To deperm (a ship).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wipen inherited from Old English wīpian (wipe, rub, cleanse) inherited from *wīpōn (wipe) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (wrap around, wind, swing, wind around, twist, oscillate, turn around, sweep, shake, bend), *weyp- (wrap around, wind, swing, wind around, twist, oscillate, turn around, sweep, shake, bend).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weyp-

Gloss

wrap around, wind, swing, wind around, twist, oscillate, turn around, sweep, shake, bend

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

風

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