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toweling down

toweling down is the present participle and gerund of towel down.

Meaning of towel down

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.

Questions about toweling down

What is toweling down the present participle and gerund of?
Toweling down is the present participle and gerund of towel down.

Words near toweling down in the dictionary

  1. towelettes
  2. towelhead
  3. towelheaded
  4. towelheads
  5. toweling
  6. toweling down
  7. toweling off
  8. toweling up
  9. towelings
  10. Towell
  11. towelled

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