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Definition of towel in English: towelnounPlural towels ˈtaʊəlˈtaʊ(ə)l 1A piece of thick absorbent cloth or paper used for drying oneself or wiping things dry. Example sentencesExamples - I pulled a few paper towels from the dispenser and proceeded to wipe down the bench.
- Wipe down work surfaces with paper towels or disposable cloths.
- If water beads up around your fingertip when you press on the paper towel, the towel is too wet.
- After doing several areas, dry off excess moisture with soft absorbent cloths or towels, which can be laundered and reused.
- Piece by piece they were trying to clean the pocketbooks with paper towels.
- Use your bath towels and wash cloths only once, and then wash them.
- She grabbed brown paper towels from her desk and started wiping off Ellen's dress.
- She suddenly felt a thick wad of paper towels shoved into her hand.
- She turned around to pick up the paper towels and wipe it off.
- Use a dust pan and brush for the larger pieces, damp paper towels or cloths for smaller slivers.
- Flat leaves work best: If necessary, press them between paper towels in a thick book a few days before using.
- Wipe windows with lintless cloth, paper towels or crumpled newspapers.
- She wiped up the beer with paper towels, swept the dirt out onto the porch.
- To add a sheen, polish the eggs with a paper towel or cloth wetted with vegetable oil.
- The bell finally rang and Kate stood up from the floor wiping her eyes and blowing her nose with paper towels.
- Dab out excess water on a paper towel and twist sponge as you apply the color to the page.
- With the final paper towels, we wiped the floor clean one last time.
- Having plenty of paper towels or cut pieces of old cloth towels near the buckets helps with the hand-drying process.
- Using a dry cloth or paper towel to wipe the surface dry prevents streaking.
- For this you'll use a very little colour and you'll fill the brush with paint and then wipe most of it off on a paper towel.
Synonyms rag, dishcloth, floorcloth, wipe, sponge, duster 2British A sanitary towel.
verbtowels, toweled, towelling, towelled, towelingˈtaʊəlˈtaʊ(ə)l [with object]1Wipe or dry with a towel. with object and complement she towelled her hair dry Example sentencesExamples - When he stepped out of the shower and started to towel off, he heard Jim hang up the phone.
- He began pressing various keys on the console whilst Drake towelled himself off and walked over to the controls.
- I should finish towelling my hands at this line, not that one.
- I yelled as the freezing water soaked me, and I hastily scrambled out, toweling myself dry.
- Her hair was still wet but she had toweled it off, soaking up the excess rainwater.
- Once I had stopped shaking from the temperature change I began to towel myself off.
- Scott turned off the water, which had started to get cold anyway, and started to towel off.
- I came home, towelled myself dry, and sat close by my big kitchen radiator sipping a large mug of steaming hot coffee in an attempt to get warm.
- She smiled to herself as she stepped out of the shower and began to towel off.
- After she towelled herself dry, Lori helped her set her hair in curlers.
- It felt strangely comforting to towel off and put my worn, old, casual clothes on.
- He smiled and forced himself to look away as he began to towel himself dry.
- I tried to help her out a bit by drying her off with a hand towel, but she wasn't too interested (few cats like to be towelled off in my experience).
- So this most compulsive of fiddlers will hope to continue tying and re-tying his laces and towelling his face well into the final week.
- The two headed to their sides of the arena to towel off and take long drinks from canteens of flavored water.
- The pair then jog back up to the beach, and - without even towelling themselves down - jump straight into the cabin of their vehicle.
- Rain was sweeping in on the stage, and he got soaked, but he just towelled himself down.
- She wiped off any lingering raindrops on her face, toweling her hair and dress lightly, and placing her handbag next to her coat on the floor.
- She regretfully stepped out of the tub and towelled herself dry, winding the towel around her shoulder-length chestnut hair last.
2Australian NZ informal Thrash or beat (someone) they've dragged her off the bus and towelled her up Example sentencesExamples - Melbourne received Chris Heffernan in the deal and he's a better player than Woewodin who was lucky to win the 2000 Brownlow and yet was towelled up by Heffernan in the 2000 Grand Final.
- His best games were against Essendon at Windy Hill, where he towelled up Bill Duckworth, and Richmond at the MCG.
- Sydney was being towelled up at half-time of last year's preliminary final in Perth.
- Their defenders were being thoroughly beaten particularly Adam Lange who was towelled up by Matt Kennwell.
- In the second quarter, Melbourne were towelled up nine goals to two.
Origin Middle English: from Old French toaille, of Germanic origin. Sense 2 of the verb dates from the early 18th century; sense 1 from the mid 19th century. Rhymes avowal, Baden-Powell, bowel, disembowel, dowel, Howell, Powell, rowel, trowel, vowel Definition of towel in US English: towelnounˈtaʊ(ə)lˈtou(ə)l A piece of thick absorbent cloth or paper used for drying oneself or wiping things dry. Example sentencesExamples - She suddenly felt a thick wad of paper towels shoved into her hand.
- Use your bath towels and wash cloths only once, and then wash them.
- She turned around to pick up the paper towels and wipe it off.
- The bell finally rang and Kate stood up from the floor wiping her eyes and blowing her nose with paper towels.
- Wipe down work surfaces with paper towels or disposable cloths.
- For this you'll use a very little colour and you'll fill the brush with paint and then wipe most of it off on a paper towel.
- She wiped up the beer with paper towels, swept the dirt out onto the porch.
- Wipe windows with lintless cloth, paper towels or crumpled newspapers.
- Having plenty of paper towels or cut pieces of old cloth towels near the buckets helps with the hand-drying process.
- To add a sheen, polish the eggs with a paper towel or cloth wetted with vegetable oil.
- Flat leaves work best: If necessary, press them between paper towels in a thick book a few days before using.
- Dab out excess water on a paper towel and twist sponge as you apply the color to the page.
- Piece by piece they were trying to clean the pocketbooks with paper towels.
- Use a dust pan and brush for the larger pieces, damp paper towels or cloths for smaller slivers.
- With the final paper towels, we wiped the floor clean one last time.
- Using a dry cloth or paper towel to wipe the surface dry prevents streaking.
- After doing several areas, dry off excess moisture with soft absorbent cloths or towels, which can be laundered and reused.
- She grabbed brown paper towels from her desk and started wiping off Ellen's dress.
- I pulled a few paper towels from the dispenser and proceeded to wipe down the bench.
- If water beads up around your fingertip when you press on the paper towel, the towel is too wet.
Synonyms rag, dishcloth, floorcloth, wipe, sponge, duster
verbˈtaʊ(ə)lˈtou(ə)l [with object]Wipe or dry (a person or thing) with a towel. with object and complement she toweled her hair dry no object we'd towel off and dress for dinner Example sentencesExamples - I should finish towelling my hands at this line, not that one.
- When he stepped out of the shower and started to towel off, he heard Jim hang up the phone.
- After she towelled herself dry, Lori helped her set her hair in curlers.
- He began pressing various keys on the console whilst Drake towelled himself off and walked over to the controls.
- Once I had stopped shaking from the temperature change I began to towel myself off.
- She wiped off any lingering raindrops on her face, toweling her hair and dress lightly, and placing her handbag next to her coat on the floor.
- It felt strangely comforting to towel off and put my worn, old, casual clothes on.
- The two headed to their sides of the arena to towel off and take long drinks from canteens of flavored water.
- She regretfully stepped out of the tub and towelled herself dry, winding the towel around her shoulder-length chestnut hair last.
- So this most compulsive of fiddlers will hope to continue tying and re-tying his laces and towelling his face well into the final week.
- The pair then jog back up to the beach, and - without even towelling themselves down - jump straight into the cabin of their vehicle.
- Her hair was still wet but she had toweled it off, soaking up the excess rainwater.
- Rain was sweeping in on the stage, and he got soaked, but he just towelled himself down.
- She smiled to herself as she stepped out of the shower and began to towel off.
- I came home, towelled myself dry, and sat close by my big kitchen radiator sipping a large mug of steaming hot coffee in an attempt to get warm.
- I tried to help her out a bit by drying her off with a hand towel, but she wasn't too interested (few cats like to be towelled off in my experience).
- I yelled as the freezing water soaked me, and I hastily scrambled out, toweling myself dry.
- Scott turned off the water, which had started to get cold anyway, and started to towel off.
- He smiled and forced himself to look away as he began to towel himself dry.
Origin Middle English: from Old French toaille, of Germanic origin. Sense 2 of the verb dates from the early 18th century; sense 1 from the mid 19th century. |