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What does wipe mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
  2. (transitive) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
  3. (obsolete) To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.
  4. (computing) To erase.
  5. (transitive, 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.
  6. (figuratively) To remove an expression from one's face.
  7. (transitive) To deperm (a ship).
Noun
  1. The act of wiping something.
  2. A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
  3. A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
Noun
  1. The lapwing.
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