towel off



towel someone or something off

to dry someone or something with a towel. The young mother toweled the baby off with a soft, warm towel. She toweled off the baby.
See also: off, towel

towel off

v.
1. To dry oneself with a towel: The swimmer got out of the pool and toweled off.
2. To dry someone or something with a towel: I toweled off my wet feet before putting my socks on. We hosed the car down and toweled it off.
See also: off, towel

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MurnaMUR-naIrish
Kapel-Yiddish
Melba
Nicodemonee-ko-DE-mo (Italian), nee-ko-DHE-mo (Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Idonea-English (Archaic)
Jeremiasye-re-MEE-ahs (German), YE-re-mee-ahs (Finnish)German, Portuguese, Finnish