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to blow-dry

to blow-dry

7 2.8
To dry hair with a hair dryer to style it
  • phrasal verb
  • /bloʊˈdraɪ/
translation icon : secar con secador
  • To achieve a smooth finish, make sure to blow-dry your hair using a round brush.
  • blow-dry my hair
  • blow-dry my hair straight
  • damp hair, then blow-dry

I did my hair this morning, washed it, blow dried it, curled it, the whole shebang.

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Examples

  • When you blow dry your hair, you can also damage your scalp.

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  • OK, now that it is blow dried I am going to curl it.

  • And once I get out of the shower, I blow dry this hair.

  • Understand how your hair works, how to blow dry hair, how to make it healthy.

  • So First things first, I always blow dry my hair on high and then on hot.

  • Do you still blow dry your hair every morning?

  • And then we're going to condition, blow dry, trim and we're done.

  • I just straighten my hair and blow dried it and it is so soft.

  • So I have not had a Dyson to blow dry my hair in probably a good six months.

  • I use three round brushes when I blow dry my hair.

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Antonyms

wet
1 1.0

A place or thing covered with liquid

1 4.4

Left to dry in the air without using heat

How Styled

to style
27 3.2
to blow-dry
7 2.8
air-dry
  • Specialized
4.1

Surface Forms

blow-dry infinitive
blow-dried past
blow-dried past participle
blow-drying present participle
blow-dries third person singular

Morphology

blow-dry = blow + dry (transparent) = blow + dry

The meaning is a literal combination of 'blow' + 'dry' (drying by blowing air) and is readily inferable by learners.

Etymology

Blow-dry comes from the two simple parts blow ('to push air') and dry ('remove water'), because you dry hair by blowing warm air on it. Think of a hair dryer that 'blows' to 'dry' and shape your hair, which is why to blow-dry means to dry and style hair with a dryer.