wipe

wipe

wipe (third-person singular simple present wipes, present participle wiping, simple past and past participle wiped)

1. (transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (cf. rub)

   Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.

   I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.

   Tom started to wipe his eyes.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

     So they passed through the Palace Gates and were led into a big room with a green carpet and lovely green furniture set with emeralds. The soldier made them all wipe their feet upon a green mat before entering this room, and when they were seated he said politely...

2. (transitive, computing) To erase.

   I accidentally wiped my hard drive.

wipe (plural wipes)

1. A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.

	asciugare
	remove surface substance

	pulire
	remove surface substance
	Spostare un oggetto o un utensile da una superficie o da un'altro oggetto sempre mantenendo il contatto, affinché una sostanza venga rimossa dalla relativa superficie.
	To move an object or utensil over a surface or other object while maintaining contact, in order that a substance be removed from its surface.

asciugatura

cancellare

detergere

pulì

scopare

sfulinà

sgrascià

spazzare

strofinare

Altri significati:

(transitive) To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. ( '''cf.''' rub)

erase a computer disk

(to) wipe

(transitive, computing) To erase.

A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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