blowdry
blowdry 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)
- 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
Forms of blowdry
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | blowdries |
| present participle | blowdrying |
| past participle | blowdried |
| past | blowdried |
| Noun | |
| plural | blowdries |
| plural | blowdrys |
Questions about blowdry
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- Blowdry is the alternative form of blow-dry.
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