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finger-dries

finger-dries is the third-person singular simple present indicative of finger-dry.

Meaning of finger-dry

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To dry hair by lifting, separating, and shaping the strands with the fingers instead of using a brush or comb.

Questions about finger-dries

What is finger-dries the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Finger-dries is the third-person singular simple present indicative of finger-dry.

Words near finger-dries in the dictionary

  1. finger-combing
  2. finger-combs
  3. finger-counting
  4. finger-countings
  5. finger-dried
  6. finger-dries
  7. finger-dry
  8. finger-drying
  9. finger-fed
  10. finger-fish
  11. finger-fishes

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