"wipe up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-wipe up.ogg [Australia] Forms: wipes up [present, singular, third-person], wiping up [participle, present], wiped up [participle, past], wiped up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wipe up (third-person singular simple present wipes up, present participle wiping up, simple past and past participle wiped up)
  1. (British, intransitive) To dry utensils, dishes etc. that have been washed. Tags: British, intransitive Synonyms: dry up
    Sense id: en-wipe_up-en-verb-XcVZlhiP Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 24 24 24 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 26 23 22 29
  2. To completely remove spilled liquid or solids, typically by hand using a dishcloth.
    Sense id: en-wipe_up-en-verb-Bj5qMqT4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 24 24 24 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 26 23 22 29
  3. To clean thoroughly, particularly with a dishcloth or rag. Translations (to clean thoroughly particularly with a cloth): essuyer (French), aufwischen (German), opeope (Maori), essuier (Old French), limpar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-wipe_up-en-verb-gQtH6wuI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 24 24 24 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 26 23 22 29 Disambiguation of 'to clean thoroughly particularly with a cloth': 3 5 69 23
  4. (US, transitive, slang, figurative) To defeat (an opponent) thoroughly; trounce. Tags: US, figuratively, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-wipe_up-en-verb-q7Ku8L9t Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 24 24 24 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 26 23 22 29

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wipe up meaning in English (4.3kB)

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