dry oneself

  • 1rub oneself down — ˌrub sb/oneself/sthˈdown derived to rub the skin of a person, horse, etc. hard with sth to make it clean and dry • I came out of the water and rubbed myself down with a towel. Main entry: ↑rubderived …

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  • 2let oneself in for — (from Idioms in Speech) to be persuaded to do something I let myself in for several hours boredom every day, Dixon. A couple more won t break my back. (K. Amis) Oh, God, Christine, you don t want to come to that, you ll be bored stiff. How have… …

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  • 3towel — [tou′əl] n. [ME towaille < OFr toaille (Fr touaille) < Frank * thwahlja, akin to OHG dwahila, towel < dwahan, to wash < IE base * twak , to bathe > OProv twaxtan, bath towel] a piece of absorbent cloth or paper for wiping or drying …

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  • 4towel — n. & v. n. 1 a a piece of rough surfaced absorbent cloth used for drying oneself or a thing after washing. b absorbent paper used for this. c a cloth used for drying plates, dishes, etc.; a tea towel. 2 Brit. = sanitary towel. v. (towelled,… …

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  • 5вытираться — ВЫТИРАТЬСЯ, несов. (сов. вытереться), чем и без доп. Удалять (удалить) со своего лица, тела влагу какой л. материей, полотенцем, рукой, делая их сухими; Син.: утираться [impf. to wipe oneself (up), dry oneself]. Как это приятно вытираться мягким… …

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  • 6утираться — УТИРАТЬСЯ, несов. (сов. утереться). Удалять (удалить) рукой, тряпкой, полотенцем и т.п. что л. жидкое (слезы, пот, кровь и т.п.) со своего лица, делая его сухим; Син.: вытираться [impf. to wipe oneself, dry oneself]. Чернявый, стоя среди таких же …

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  • 7towel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English towaille, from Anglo French tuaille, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German dwahila towel; akin to Old High German dwahan to wash Date: 13th century an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping or drying II. verb… …

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  • 8bath towel — ath towel, bath towel ath towel . a large towel used to dry oneself after a bath. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 9bath-towel — ath towel, bath towel ath towel . a large towel used to dry oneself after a bath. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 10ARAMAIC — ARAMAIC, an ancient northwestern semitic language spoken (to some extent) to this day. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: ancient aramaic and official aramaic sources syria and its neighboring countries iraq and iran egypt… …

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