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blow dry

blow dry is the alternative form of blow-dry.

Meaning of blow-dry

Verb

blow-dry (third-person singular simple present blow-dries, present participle blow-drying, simple past and past participle blow-dried)

  1. (ambitransitive) To dry with a hair dryer.
    • Use a couple of large Velcro rollers at the crown while you blow-dry to add volume, said Patrick Melville, an owner of the Warren-Tricomi salon in New York.2005 May 26, Sally Wadyka, “Rapunzels of a Certain Age”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 May 2015

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Forms of blow dry

Verb
third-person singular presentblow dries
present participleblow drying
past participleblow dried
pastblow dried
Noun
pluralblow dries
pluralblow drys

Questions about blow dry

What is blow dry the alternative form of?
Blow dry is the alternative form of blow-dry.

Words near blow dry in the dictionary

  1. blow down
  2. blow dried
  3. blow drier
  4. blow driers
  5. blow dries
  6. blow dry
  7. blow dryer
  8. blow dryers
  9. blow drying
  10. blow drys
  11. blow fish

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