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towelling down

towelling 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 towelling down

What is towelling down the present participle and gerund of?
Towelling down is the present participle and gerund of towel down.

Words near towelling down in the dictionary

  1. towelled off
  2. towelled up
  3. towelless
  4. towellike
  5. towelling
  6. towelling down
  7. towelling off
  8. towelling up
  9. towellings
  10. Towells
  11. towelry

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