towel
9 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
towels
plural
towels
Britannica Dictionary definition of TOWEL
[count]
:
a piece of cloth used for drying things
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see also beach towel, dish towel, hand towel, paper towel
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She dried her hair with a towel.
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Here's a towel to wipe up the spill.
throw in the towel
informal
:
to stop an activity or effort
:
to admit that you cannot do something and stop trying
:
quit
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I threw in the towel a long time ago.
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He couldn't seem to win, but he wasn't ready to throw in the towel.
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towel
/ˈtawəl/
verb
towels
US
toweled
or British
towelled
US
toweling
or British
towelling
2
towel
/ˈtawəl/
verb
towels
US
toweled
or British
towelled
US
toweling
or British
towelling
Britannica Dictionary definition of TOWEL
:
to dry (something) with a towel
[+ object]
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He toweled (off) his hair.
[no object]
— + off or down
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She climbed out of the tub and quickly toweled off. [=dried herself with a towel]
