toweled or towelled; toweling or towelling
: to rub or dry (something, such as the body) with a towel
: to use a towel to dry oneself
toweled down after swimming
Examples of towel in a Sentence
Noun
She dried her hair with a towel.
Here's a towel to wipe up the spill.
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Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 28 Sep. 2025
Wipe up spills and puddles, use a squeegee to remove excess water from showers and tubs, and dry damp towels and rugs.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
Try the TikTok-viral brand’s Dreamweave Waffle Robe next, which takes advantage of a proprietary weave and a 100-percent Turkish cotton composition while doling out cloudlike softness, incredible lightness, and an absorbency that just might make toweling off after a shower optional.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Brown stayed down for a bit, and then walked off the field with a trainer holding a towel to Brown’s bleeding chin — and with his arms waving on the crowd.
—Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 28 Sep. 2025
Wipe up spills and puddles, use a squeegee to remove excess water from showers and tubs, and dry damp towels and rugs.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
Rinse it with hot water and place it on a rack or towel to dry.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
Try the TikTok-viral brand’s Dreamweave Waffle Robe next, which takes advantage of a proprietary weave and a 100-percent Turkish cotton composition while doling out cloudlike softness, incredible lightness, and an absorbency that just might make toweling off after a shower optional.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Towel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/towel. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
towel
1 of 2 noun
tow·el
ˈtau̇(-ə)l 
: a cloth or piece of absorbent paper for wiping or drying
towel
2 of 2 verb
toweled or towelled; toweling or towelling
: to rub or dry with a towel : use a towel to dry off
Medical Definition
towel
noun
tow·el
ˈtau̇(-ə)l
1
: an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping or drying
2
British
: sanitary napkin
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