towel
noun
an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
toweled
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past participleof towel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof towel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
towelnounan absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
Example Sentences
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Gary offered Noah his paddle eraser then toweled off the top of his bare head.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
When he is toweled off after a walk, Campbell puts the wet towel over the floor grill so the heat dries it.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
After whisking him out of the Jogger, I carried him into the house, laid him on his big changing table, removed his drenched clothes, toweled him off, and dressed him in dry clothes.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2019
A baby armadillo snoofled past as I toweled myself back to a civilized sheen.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2015
Wraithlike in a toweled robe, her hair wet from the shower.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
