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WIPE OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wipe off mean? 

WIPE OFF (verb)
  The verb WIPE OFF has 2 senses:

1. remove by wipingplay

2. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasingplay

  Familiarity information: WIPE OFF used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WIPE OFF (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove by wiping

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

wipe away; wipe off

Hypernyms (to "wipe off" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wipe off"):

deterge (wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

efface; erase; rub out; score out; wipe off

Context example:

Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!

Hypernyms (to "wipe off" is one way to...):

cancel; delete (remove or make invisible)

"Wipe off" entails doing...:

rub (move over something with pressure)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wipe off"):

sponge (erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard)

cut out; scratch out (strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


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