Meaning

A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath..

Definitions by Sense

1. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
2. (transitive) To dry by using a towel.
3. (transitive) To hit with a towel.
4. (transitive) To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
5. (UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel".

Example Sentences

He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.

He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.

We would open the windows, towel the door, and turn my bedroom into an Allman Brothers concert.

Word Forms

• towels
• toweling
• towelling
• toweled
• towelled

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When Should You Use Towel?

Use towel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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