"wipe off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wipes off [present, singular, third-person], wiping off [participle, present], wiped off [participle, past], wiped off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wipe off (third-person singular simple present wipes off, present participle wiping off, simple past and past participle wiped off)
  1. (transitive, literally) To remove (something such as dirt) by wiping. Tags: literally, transitive Translations (remove by wiping): مَسَحَ (masaḥa) (Arabic), 擦掉 (cādiào) (Chinese Mandarin), rayer (French), abwischen (German), מָחָה (maẖá) (Hebrew), 拭く (fuku) (alt: ふく) (Japanese), 닦다 (dakda) (Korean), tergeō (Latin), dētergeō (Latin), zetrzeć (Polish), вытира́ть (vytirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́тереть (výteretʹ) [perfective] (Russian), стира́ть (stirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), стере́ть (sterétʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-wipe_off-en-verb-2qMMFYcY Disambiguation of 'remove by wiping': 73 17 10
  2. (transitive, literally) To clean (something), removing any dirt from it, by wiping it. Tags: literally, transitive
    Sense id: en-wipe_off-en-verb-of9931Ki
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To destroy completely, leaving no trace. Tags: figuratively, transitive Translations (destroy, leaving no trace): rayer (French), מָחָה (maẖá) (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-wipe_off-en-verb-uWngpA62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 16 75 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 12 17 70 Disambiguation of 'destroy, leaving no trace': 6 3 91

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "masaḥa",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
      "word": "مَسَحَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cādiào",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
      "word": "擦掉"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
      "word": "rayer"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
      "word": "abwischen"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "maẖá",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
      "word": "מָחָה"
    },
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      "alt": "ふく",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "fuku",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dakda",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
      "word": "닦다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
      "word": "tergeō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
      "word": "dētergeō"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
      "word": "zetrzeć"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vytirátʹ",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
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      "word": "вытира́ть"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výteretʹ",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
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      "word": "вы́тереть"
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      "roman": "stirátʹ",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
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      "word": "стира́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sterétʹ",
      "sense": "remove by wiping",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "стере́ть"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "destroy, leaving no trace",
      "word": "rayer"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "maẖá",
      "sense": "destroy, leaving no trace",
      "word": "מָחָה"
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