transcription, транскрипция: [ taʊəl ]
( towels, towelling, towelled)
Note: in AM, use 'toweling', 'toweled'
1.
A towel is a piece of thick soft cloth that you use to dry yourself.
...a bath towel.
N-COUNT
2.
If you towel something or towel it dry, you dry it with a towel.
James came out of his bedroom, toweling his wet hair...
I towelled myself dry...
He stepped out of the shower and began towelling himself down.
VERB : V n , V n adj , V n down/off
3.
If you throw in the towel , you stop trying to do something because you realize that you cannot succeed. ( INFORMAL )
It seemed as if the police had thrown in the towel and were abandoning the investigation.
PHRASE : V inflects
4.
see also sanitary towel , tea towel