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tumble drying

tumble drying is the present participle and gerund 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 drying

What is tumble drying the present participle and gerund of?
Tumble drying is the present participle and gerund of tumble dry.

Words near tumble drying in the dictionary

  1. tumble driers
  2. tumble dries
  3. tumble dry
  4. tumble dryer
  5. tumble dryers
  6. tumble drying
  7. tumble home
  8. tumble in
  9. tumble motor
  10. tumble motors
  11. tumble mustard

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