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tumble dried

tumble dried is the simple past and past participle of tumble dry.

Meaning of tumble dry

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To make or become dry by rolling about in the heated rotating drum of a clothes dryer.
    • hand wash only; tumble dry low
  2. To dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder.

Questions about tumble dried

What is tumble dried the simple past and past participle of?
Tumble dried is the simple past and past participle of tumble dry.

Words near tumble dried in the dictionary

  1. Tumbi Umbi
  2. tumbing
  3. tumbis
  4. tumble
  5. tumble down
  6. tumble dried
  7. tumble drier
  8. tumble driers
  9. tumble dries
  10. tumble dry
  11. tumble dryer

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