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towel down

towel down verb: to dry something or someone with a towel.

Verb

towel down (third-person singular simple present towels down, present participle (US) toweling down or (UK) towelling down, simple past and past participle (US) toweled down or (UK) towelled down)

  1. (transitive) To dry something or someone with a towel.
    • The nurse was toweling down the baby.
  2. (intransitive) To dry oneself with a towel.
    • After the shower, I toweled down.

Forms of towel down

third-person singular presenttowels down
present participle UStoweling down
present participle UKtowelling down
past participle UStoweled down
past UStoweled down
past participle UKtowelled down
past UKtowelled down

Questions about towel down

What does towel down mean?
Towel down means to dry something or someone with a towel.
What part of speech is towel down?
Towel down is a verb.
What is the past tense of towel down?
The past tense of towel down is toweled down.

Words near towel down in the dictionary

  1. towed
  2. towed the line
  3. towee
  4. towees
  5. towel
  6. towel down
  7. towel gourd
  8. towel gourds
  9. towel off
  10. towel rail
  11. towel rails

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