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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roostersâ; ______ not even comparable.
Origin of wipe
First recorded before 1000; Middle English wipen, Old English wÄ«pian; cognate with Old High German wÄ«fan âto wind round,â Gothic weipan âto crownâ; perhaps akin to Latin vibrÄre âto move to and froâ
Words nearby wipe
Wintun, win-win, winy, winze, WIP, wipe, wiped-out, wipe off the map, wipeout, wiper, wipe the slate clean
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British Dictionary definitions for wipe
wipe
/ (waÉȘp) /
verb (tr)
noun
Word Origin for wipe
Old English wīpian, related to Middle Low German wīpen, wīp bundle (of cloth), Old High German wīffa, wīfan to wind, Gothic weipan to wreathe
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