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WIPE AWAY
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove by wiping
Synonyms:
wipe away; wipe off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "wipe away" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wipe away"):
deterge (wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body)
Sentence frames:
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