verb To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface.
Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.
verb To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
You've wiped grease all over your shirt.
verb To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
verb To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
I had nothing to wipe my bum with.
verb To erase.
I accidentally wiped my hard drive.
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.
You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in.