wipe
To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
To erase.
To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
To remove an expression from one's face.
To deperm (a ship).
To perform a transition in which one scene or slide is replaced with another over time along a horizontal axis, as if one scene or slide is a layer being slid off the other.
To hit or strike.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing