To wipe something is to clean it. You might wipe the table clean after you've eaten your dinner, or you might wipe the dirt off your shoes before you enter a house.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand.
She wiped the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand.
verb
To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
verb
To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
verb
To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.
verb
To erase.
verb
To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
verb
To remove an expression from one's face.
verb
To deperm (a ship).
verb
To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
noun
The act by which something is wiped.
noun
Material wiped off something.
noun
A thrashing.