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WIPE UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop

Example:

He mopped her forehead with a towel

Synonyms:

mop; mop up; wipe up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "wipe up" is one way to...):

absorb; draw; imbibe; soak up; sop up; suck; suck up; take in; take up (take in, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wipe up"):

swab; swob (wash with a swab or a mop)

sponge (soak up with a sponge)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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