wipe

To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)

Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.

I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.

To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.

You've wiped grease all over your shirt.

To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.

Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon.

So the plot is that he wipes half the population?

To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.

I had nothing to wipe my bum with.

Even if you wipe very carefully, you still have to wash your hands afterward.

To erase.

I accidentally wiped my hard drive.

The act of wiping something.

multiple wipes of a computer's hard disk

A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.

When on a plane or train, don't take anything into the bathroom except baby, a changing pad, a diaper, a travel packet of wipes, and a bottle of hand sanitizer. Always use a wipe on the area before you put your baby down.

A handkerchief.

"Now, my kiveys, shy up your castors, tie your bird's-eye wipes to the stakes, and go to work."

All fighting coves you too must know, / Ben Caunt as well as Bendigo, / And to each mill be sure to go, / […] And you must sport a blue billy, / Or a yellow wipe […]

A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.

A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.

I could not help giving Metcalfe a wipe for his lamentations, observing I should have thought he had enough to attend to at home.

A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).