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Definition: Wipe Off |
Wipe OffVerb1. Remove by wiping. 2. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Wipe OffSynonyms: efface (v), erase (v), rub out (v), score out (v), wipe away (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Atonement | Set one's house in order, wipe off old scores, make matters up; pay the forfeit, pay the penalty. |
Nonobservance | Discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and void; cancel; (wipe off). |
Obliteration | Verb: efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel; blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out; wipe off, rub off; wipe away; deface, render illegible; draw the pen through, apply the sponge. |
Payment | Discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of; foot the bill; account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with; strike a balance; settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with; quit scores; wipe off old scores, clear off old scores; satisfy; pay in full; satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands; clear, liquidate; pay up, pay old debts. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Wipe Off |
| English words defined with "wipe off": whisk, whisk off. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "wipe off": Bottle-holder. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "wipe off": Smectite. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Jim Fletcher stopping to wipe off the windshield at the beginning of a snow storm near Elizabethton, Tennessee. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expression using "wipe off": wipe off old scores. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "wipe off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | afwis (delete, wipe), afveeg (delete, wipe), afvee (delete, wipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shuaj (beat out, blanket, blow out, Burke, clean off, damp, delete, douse, drown, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, kill, obliterate, out, quash, quell, quench, rake out, remove, scratch out, settle, slack, slake, suppress, turn off, ungear, wipe, wipe away, wither), fshij (brush, brush away, cancel, clean off, clean up, deface, delete, efface, erase, mop up, obliterate, rase, raze, remove, rub, rub out, scratch out, strike off, sweep, wipe, wipe away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محا (blot out, deface, efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, obliterate, rub out, scratch out, sponge out, wipe out), سد الدين. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | обърсвам (wipe, wipe away), изтривам (delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rase, raze, rub away, rub out, rub up, wear, wear away, wipe, wipe away, wipe up), избърсвам (dry, mop up, remove, wipe, wipe clean, wipe dry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | utírat (rub, swab, swob, wipe, wipe out), setřít (brush away, rub down, snub, squash, take to task, wipe), oèistit (cleanse, purge, purify, whitewash, wipe, wipe away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wissen (delete, wipe), vegen (clean, cleanse, delete, make clean, purge, sweep, wipe), afwissen (delete, wipe), afvegen (delete, wipe), afdrogen (clatter, delete, dry, wipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | viŝi (delete, wipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | turka (delete, dry, wipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pyyhkiä (cancel, cross out, delete, dry, mop, strike out, wipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | essuyer (wipe), effacer (wipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ôfwiskje (delete, wipe), ôffeie (delete, wipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | abstreichen (knock off, tap off, wipe away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκουπίζω (scavenge, sweep, wipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לק ח (cleanse, wipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | letöröl (to mop, to mop up, to sponge, to wipe, to wipe away), eltávolít (clear away, dislodge, estrange, extract, flick off, relegate, remove, to alien, to brush aside, to clear away, to cut out, to defecate, to depose, to dislodge, to distance, to do away, to eliminate, to estrange, to expel, to extract, to obliterate, to prune away, to prune down, to replace, to sequester, to take out, to weed out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | membulu-bulu (dust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 拭き取る (to wipe off, to wipe up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふきとる (to wipe off, to wipe up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | rubbey jeh, glenney jeh (efface, effacement, wipe away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ipeway offay limpar (bream, brush, clean, cleanse, delete, depurate, fettle, furbish, make clean, mop up, purge, purify, rake, rub, rub down, rub out, scavenge, scour, unstop, wash, wipe, wipe out, wipe up), fazer desaparecer (make away, rase, raze, rid, wipe out), enxugar (delete, desiccate, dry, exsiccate, rinse, rub down, wipe), apagar (abrade, dele, delete, douse, efface, erase, extinguish, obliterate, out, put out, quench, rub out, scrape off, turn off, turn out, zap). (various references) da uitãrii o socotealã veche (wipe off old scores). (various references) стирать (delete, efface, erase, erasing, obliterate, rub, rub out, wash, wear away, wear down, wear off, wipe away, wipe out, wipes, zap), вытирать (fridge, mop up, wipe, wipe away, wipe out). (various references) obrisati (dry, swab, wipe, wipe away, wipe up). (various references) enjugar (clean, delete, dry, mop and mow, wipe, wipe at, wipe out), limpiar (black, char, clean, clean down, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear, clear out, debug, delete, do, dredge, dust, efface, Frank, knock off, live down, make clean, manicure, mop, mop up, police, polish, purge, rub up, scavenge, scour, scrape, shine, swab, swob, tidy, tidy out, tidy up, turn out, wash, wipe, wipe down, wipe out, wipe up). (various references) torka av (mop), kunna torkas bort. (various references) yok etmek (charm away, clear off, cut off, cut up, dispose of, dissipate, dissolve, do away with, efface, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, make away with, shatter, spirit away, spirit off, sponge out, stamp, wipe away, wipe out), temizlemek (bump off, clarify, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear, clear up, decontaminate, depurate, do, do out, erase, excise, expurgate, get rid of, give smth. a sweep, gut, houseclean, mop up, purge, purify, rid, rub out, scavenge, swab down, sweep, swob down, tidy out, wipe away, wipe out, wipe up), silmek (blank, blot out, cancel, cross out, Dele, delete, efface, erase, expunge, forgive, furbish, give smth. a wipe, obliterate, rub down, rub off, rub out, rule out, rule smth. out, strike off, strike out, whisk, wipe, wipe away, wipe out, wipe up, write off), silerek çıkarmak (rub off, rub out, whisk, wipe away). (various references) ліквідувати (close up, do away, eliminate, liquidate, sell out, wind up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | absterget, abstersit, extergent, extergere, extergimus, exterserit, extersit, tergebat, tergo, thersa. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 10, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ton koniorton ton kollhqenta hmin ek thV polewV umwn apomassomeqa umin plhn touto ginwskete oti hggiken ef umaV h basileia tou qeou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Etiam pulverem qui adhesit nobis de civitate vestra extergimus in vos tamen hoc scitote quia adpropinquavit regnum Dei |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þæt dust þæt of eowre ceastre on urum fotum clifode. we drigeaþ on eow. witað þeah þæt godes rice genealæcð; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And seie ye, We wipen of ayens you the poudir that cleued to vs of youre citee; netheles wite ye this thing, that the rewme of God schal come nyy. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Even the very dust which cleaveth on vs of your citie we wipe of agaynst you: Not withstondinge marke this that ye kyngdome of God was come nie vpon you. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Even the very dust of your city which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding, be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh to you. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 10, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | `Bisan pa ang mga abog sa inyong lungsod nga nanapot sa among mga tiil, kini among paphaon batok kaninyo. Apan hibaloi baya ninyo nga ang gingharian sa Dios nahiduol na unta kaninyo. |
| Croatian | 'I prašinu vašega grada, koja nam se nogu uhvatila, stresamo vam sa sebe! Ipak znajte ovo: Približilo se kraljevstvo Božje!' |
| Danish | Endog det Støv, som hænger ved vore Fødder fra eders By, tørre vi af til eder; dog dette skulle I vide, at Guds Rige er kommet nær. |
| Dutch | Ook het stof, dat uit uw stad aan ons kleeft, schudden wij af op ulieden; nochtans zo weet dit, dat het Koninkrijk Gods nabij u gekomen is. |
| Finnish | `Tomunkin, joka teidän kaupungistanne on jalkoihimme tarttunut, me pudistamme teille takaisin; mutta se tietäkää, että Jumalan valtakunta on tullut lähelle`. |
| French | Nous secouons contre vous la poussière même de votre ville qui s`est attachée nos pieds; sachez cependant que le royaume de Dieu s`est approché. |
| German | Auch den Staub, der sich an uns gehängt hat von eurer Stadt, schlagen wir ab auf euch; doch sollt ihr wissen, daß euch das Reich Gottes nahe gewesen ist. |
| Haitian Creole | Men n'ap souke pousyè lavil nou an ki te kole anba pye nou, nou fini ak nou. Tansèlman, konnen byen: Gouvènman Bondye a te rive toupre nou. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | 'Bahkan debu kotamu yang melekat pada kaki kami, kami kebaskan sebagai peringatan kepadamu. Tetapi ketahuilah bahwa sudah dekat saatnya Allah mulai memerintah sebagai Raja di tengah-tengah kalian!' |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Debu negerimu yang lekat pada kaki kami itu pun, kami kebaskan kepadamu; akan tetapi ketahuilah olehmu, bahwa kerajaan Allah sudah dekat. |
| Latvian | Pat putekïus, kas no jûsu pilsçtas mums pielipuði, mçs nokratâm uz jums; tomçr to ziniet, ka Dieva valstîba ir tuvu! |
| Manx Gaelic | Eer joan yn ard-valley eu, ta lhiantyn hooin, ta shin dy chraa j'in nyn 'oi eu: ny yeih, bee-jee shickyr jeh shoh, dy vel reeriaght Yee er jeet er-gerrey diu. |
| Maori | Na, ko te puehu o to koutou pa e piri nei ki a matou, tenei ka tahia atu nei e matou ki a koutou: otira kia mohio koutou ki tenei, kua tata ki a koutou te rangatiratanga o te Atua. |
| Norwegian | Endog støvet som er blitt hengende ved våre føtter av eders by, stryker vi av til eder; men dette skal I vite at Guds rike er kommet nær! |
| Rumanian | ,,Scuturqm kmpotriva voastrq, chiar wi praful din cetatea voastrq, care s`a lipit de picioarele noastre; totuw sq wtiyi cq Kmpqrqyia lui Dumnezeu s`a apropiat de voi.`` |
| Shuar | "Yusna nakitra asakrumin, atumi péprurinia nunka ii nawen peema japirar akakekji. Túrasha ju paant nekaatarum: Yus ju nunkanam akupkatin ishichik ajatemsai." |
| Spanish | 'Aun el polvo de vuestra ciudad que se ha pegado a nuestros pies, lo sacudimos contra vosotros. Pero sabed esto: que el reino de Dios se ha acercado.' |
| Swahili | `Hata mavumbi ya mji wenu yaliyoshikamana na miguu yetu tunawakung`utieni. Lakini, jueni kwamba Ufalme wa Mungu umekaribia.` |
| Swedish | 'Till och med det stoft som låder vid våra fötter ifrån eder stad skaka vi av oss åt eder. Men det mån I veta, att Guds rike är nära.' |
| Uma | `Nau' awu ngata-ni to mentaka' hi palanta' witi' -kai, kitonta bona nihilo. Aga kiwoi-koie': neo' rata-mi tempo-na Alata'ala jadi' Magau'!'" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-f-i-o-p-w" | |
-3 letters: fief, fife, wife, wipe. | |
-4 letters: eff, few, fie, foe, fop, iff, off, ope, owe, pew, pie, poi, pow, woe, wop. | |
-5 letters: ef, if, oe, of, op, ow, pe, pi, we, wo. | |
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