Past tense of wipe
regular verb
The past tense of wipe is wiped. The past participle is also wiped.
Forms of wipe
| Base form (V1) | wipe /waɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | wiped /waɪpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | wiped /waɪpt/ |
| Present participle | wiping /ˈwaɪpɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | wipes /waɪps/ |
Wiped in a sentence
- Melissa wiped her glasses with her shirt.
- I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.
- Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on.From the entry tear
- You just pulled aggro off the tank and wiped the raid.From the entry aggro
- An hour of snow shoveling kind of wiped me out more than I expected.From the entry wipe out
Meaning of wipe
- verb To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.).
- verb To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion.
- verb To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
Questions about the past tense of wipe
- What is the past tense of wipe?
- The past tense of wipe is wiped.
- What is the past participle of wipe?
- The past participle of wipe is wiped.
- Is wipe a regular or irregular verb?
- Wipe is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wipe (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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