towel

Definitions

1. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath
2. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
3. To dry by using a towel
4. A piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for wiping or drying.
5. To hit with a towel
6. To wipe or rub dry with a towel.
7. To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug
8. To dry oneself with a towel.
9. a piece of any of several types of absorbent cloth or paper for drying oneself, dishes etc after washing etc. After her swim she dried herself with a towel; a roll of paper kitchen towels. handdoek مِنْشَفَه кърпа toalha ručník; utěrka das Handtuch håndklæde; køkkenrulle πετσέταtoalla; paño rätik حوله pyyhe serviette; torchonמגבת तौलिया ubrus, ručnik törülköző handuk handklæði, viskustykki asciugamano タオル 수건 rankšluostis dvielis tuala handdoekhåndkleręcznik ټوال، ځان وچونى، دسمال، توليه، لوښ ...
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10. To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel"
11. to rub with a towel. afdroog يُنَشِّف избърсвам limpar-se com uma toalha utřít se ručníkem abtrocknen tørre med håndklæde σκουπίζω με πετσέτα secar con toalla pühkima با حوله خشک کردن pyyhkiä essuyer avec une serviette לְנַגֵב हार मानना obrisati ručnikom, ubrusom törülközővel (le)töröl menyeka þurrka með handklæði asciugare タオルで拭く 수건으로 닦다 ðluostyti(s) []slaucīt ar dvieli mengelap dgn tuala afdrogenfrottere, tørke med håndkle wycierać ręcznikiem لوښ وچونى limpar-se a uma toalha a (se) şterge c...
12. a kind of rough cloth from which towels etc are made. handdoekstof قُماش المَناشِف хавлиен плат за кърпи pano de toalha tkanina froté der Handtuchstoff frotté ύφασμα πετσετέ felpa käterätiriie پارچه حوله ای froteekangas tissu éponge אָרִיג מָגֶבֶת मोटा कपड़ा frotir, tkanina za ručnike frottír bahan handuk handklæðaefni (tessuto per asciugamani) タオル地 수건감 rankšluostinė medžiaga dvieļu audums kain tuala badstofkjøkkenhåndklestoff (rodzaj materiału) دتوليې ټوكر، دټوال ټوكر turco pânză de prosop м...
    etc
13. toalla.
14. a square or rectangular piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for drying the body
15. a similar piece of cloth used for drying plates, cutlery, etc
16. (Boxing) throw in the towel See throw in4

Equivalents

Examples

“He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.”

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