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1 wipe
1. verb1) (to clean or dry by rubbing with a cloth, paper etc: Would you wipe the table for me?) σκουπίζω2) (to remove by rubbing with a cloth, paper etc: The child wiped her tears away with her handkerchief; Wipe that writing off (the blackboard); Please wipe up that spilt milk.) σκουπίζω, σφουγγίζω2. noun(an act of cleaning by rubbing: Give the table a wipe.) σφούγγισμα- wiper- wipe out -
2 brush away
(to wipe off: She brushed away a tear; She brushed it away.) σκουπίζω -
3 sponge
1. noun1) (a type of sea animal, or its soft skeleton, which has many holes and is able to suck up and hold water.) σπόγγος2) (a piece of such a skeleton or a substitute, used for washing the body etc.) σφουγγάρι3) (a sponge pudding or cake: We had jam sponge for dessert.) ελαφρό κέικ4) (an act of wiping etc with a sponge: Give the table a quick sponge over, will you?) σφούγγισμα2. verb1) (to wipe or clean with a sponge: She sponged the child's face.) σφουγγίζω2) (to get a living, money etc (from someone else): He's been sponging off/on us for years.) ζω σε βάρος(άλλου)/κάνω τράκα•- sponger- spongy
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4 Rub
v. trans.P. and V. τρίβειν.Rubagainst... rubbing flint against flint I produced with pain a dim spark: V. ἀλλʼ ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφηνʼ ἄφαντον φῶς (Soph., Phil. 296).Rub down ( as a horse): Ar. and P. καταψῆν (Xen.), P. and V. ψήχειν (Xen. also Ar.), V. καταψήχειν, κτενίζειν.Rub off: Ar. and V. ἀποψῆν; see wipe away.Rub out: P. and V. ἐξαλείφειν, P. ἀπαλείφειν.Erase: P. ἐκκολάπτειν; see Erase.Hard to rub out, adj.: P. δυσέκνιπτος, V. δύσνιπτος.Rub up, polish: P. λαμπρύνεσθαι (Xen.).——————subs.Rubbing: P. τρῖψις, ἡ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Rub
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