wipe up

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Related to wipe up: wipe away, wipe off

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Verb

wipe up - to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel"

mop, mop up

swab, swob - wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks"

sponge - soak up with a sponge

imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, absorb, suck, take up, take in, draw - take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

Translations

يَـمْسَحُ

utřít

tørre op

pyyhkiä

obrisati

皿拭きをする

닦다

torka upp

เช็ดให้สะอาด

silip temizlemek

lau sạch

擦干净

w>wipe up

vt sep liquid → aufwischen, aufputzen (Sw); dishes → abtrocknen

vi → abtrocknen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wipe up

→ يَـمْسَحُ utřít tørre op aufwischen σκουπίζω limpiar, secar pyyhkiä essuyer obrisati asciugare 皿拭きをする 닦다 opvegen tørke opp wytrzeć enxugar подтирать torka upp เช็ดให้สะอาด silip temizlemek lau sạch 擦干净

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"Wipes offer the consumer the ability to wipe up 'germy' messes, and those germs then get removed from the home, instead of germy/smelly rags sitting about."

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"Carded is more often used for dry wipers, shop towels or restaurant wipe ups. It doesn't tend to be as soft.