wipe

/waɪp/ verb [T]

Translation

› to clean or dry something by moving a cloth across it

silmek

I had a job wiping tables in a cafe. She wiped her hands on the towel.833839

wipe sth from/away/off, etc › to remove dirt, water, a mark, etc from something with a cloth or your hand

silmek, temizlemek, silip süpürmek; silip temizlemek

He wiped a tear from his eye.833839

wipe sth out phrasal verb

› to destroy something completely

tümü ile yok etmek, silip süpürmek, tamamen ortadan kaldırmak

The earthquake wiped out many villages.1974

wipe sth up phrasal verb

› to remove a substance, usually liquid, with a cloth

sıvı ile silip temizlemek

Have you got something I could wipe this mess up with?833839

(Definition of wipe verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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