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To subject to light rubbing or friction, as with a cloth or paper, in order to clean or dry.
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To clean or dry by rubbing: wiped my feet before I went inside.
(verb-transitive)
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To rub, move, or pass (a cloth, for example) over a surface.
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To remove by or as if by rubbing: wipe off dirt; wipe away grease.
(verb-transitive)
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To blot out completely, as from the memory.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.