to towel
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1.3
- verb
- /ˈtaʊəl/
:
secar
- After swimming in the ocean, I toweled off to dry my skin before getting dressed.
- toweled dry
- toweled your hair
Examples
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Finally, regretfully, she shut off the faucets and stepped out to towel herself dry.
Fiction book (1995) -
Drew moves off to the side to get a drink of water and to towel off.
Fiction book (1991) -
I have to help him towel off the boy.
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But before you even think about doing that, you gotta towel down.
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So you towel down first with a hot towel, as hot as you can stand.
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When she stepped out, she barely had enough energy to towel herself off, much less dry her hair.
Fiction book (2000) -
When she finished, she toweled off and came over.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the apartment, mother trudged into the bathroom and thoroughly toweled her face and hair.
Fiction book (1996) -
Then she quickly toweled off Kay's hair, ran a comb through it, and left.
Fiction book (1999) -
Laurie vigorously toweled her hair, then combed it out before using the electric hair dryer.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
37
1.0
To clean a floor with a long handle and wet cloth
13
2.6
To take in liquid completely like a sponge or cloth
8
1.8
To clean a surface using a cloth or towel to remove a spill
4
2.1
To clean up liquid by using a soft thing that soaks it up
1
3.7
Clean a person or surface by rubbing with a wet cloth
To remove liquid from a surface by wiping it with a cloth
To rub a surface with a wet sponge to clean it
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Etymology
The verb towel comes from the noun towel and means 'to dry by rubbing with a towel'. That is why we say someone 'toweled off' after a swim or a shower.