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PRONUNCIATION OF TOWELLED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOWELLED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Towelled is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb towelled in English.

WHAT DOES TOWELLED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

towelled

Towel

A towel is a piece of absorbent fabric or paper used for drying or wiping. It draws moisture through direct contact, often using a blotting or a rubbing motion. Common household textile towels are made from cotton, rayon, bamboo, non-woven fibers or a few other materials.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TOWELLED

PRESENT

Present
I towel
you towel
he/she/it towels
we towel
you towel
they towel
Present continuous
I am towelling
you are towelling
he/she/it is towelling
we are towelling
you are towelling
they are towelling
Present perfect
I have towelled
you have towelled
he/she/it has towelled
we have towelled
you have towelled
they have towelled
Present perfect continuous
I have been towelling
you have been towelling
he/she/it has been towelling
we have been towelling
you have been towelling
they have been towelling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I towelled
you towelled
he/she/it towelled
we towelled
you towelled
they towelled
Past continuous
I was towelling
you were towelling
he/she/it was towelling
we were towelling
you were towelling
they were towelling
Past perfect
I had towelled
you had towelled
he/she/it had towelled
we had towelled
you had towelled
they had towelled
Past perfect continuous
I had been towelling
you had been towelling
he/she/it had been towelling
we had been towelling
you had been towelling
they had been towelling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will towel
you will towel
he/she/it will towel
we will towel
you will towel
they will towel
Future continuous
I will be towelling
you will be towelling
he/she/it will be towelling
we will be towelling
you will be towelling
they will be towelling
Future perfect
I will have towelled
you will have towelled
he/she/it will have towelled
we will have towelled
you will have towelled
they will have towelled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been towelling
you will have been towelling
he/she/it will have been towelling
we will have been towelling
you will have been towelling
they will have been towelling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would towelled
you would towelled
he/she/it would towelled
we would towelled
you would towelled
they would towelled
Conditional continuous
I would be towelling
you would be towelling
he/she/it would be towelling
we would be towelling
you would be towelling
they would be towelling
Conditional perfect
I would have towelled
you would have towelled
he/she/it would have towelled
we would have towelled
you would have towelled
they would have towelled
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been towelling
you would have been towelling
he/she/it would have been towelling
we would have been towelling
you would have been towelling
they would have been towelling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you towel
we let´s towel
you towel
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to towel
Past participle
towelled
Present Participle
towelling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOWELLED

towel
towel rack
towel rail
towel ring
towelette
towelhead
towelling
tower
tower block
tower crane
Tower Hamlets
Tower of Babel
Tower of London
tower of strength
towered
towering
toweringly
towerless
towerlike
towery

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOWELLED

called
cancelled
compelled
empanelled
excelled
expelled
fuelled
gravelled
labelled
levelled
modelled
panelled
propelled
quarrelled
repelled
self-propelled
shelled
shrivelled
single-celled
travelled
unlabelled

Synonyms and antonyms of towelled in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «towelled» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOWELLED

Find out the translation of towelled to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of towelled from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «towelled» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

用毛巾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

towelled
570 millions of speakers

English

towelled
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

towelled
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

towelled
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

towelled
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

towelled
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

towelled
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

towelled
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tunda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abgetrocknet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

towelled
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

towelled
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Digawa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

towelled
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तावदान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

towelled
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

asciugò
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

towelled
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

towelled
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu gletiera
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

towelled
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klim uit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

towelled
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

towelled
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of towelled

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOWELLED»

The term «towelled» is used very little and occupies the 154.109 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOWELLED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «towelled» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «towelled» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about towelled

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOWELLED»

Discover the use of towelled in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to towelled and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Stowed Away
Drill started and continued on while the intrepid towelled waif carried his bedding back to the store followed by the mattress. Then armed with a spanner supplied by a the straight faced member of the stores, he dismantles his bed as instructed  ...
Colin Lambird
2
Teaching Oral Language: Building a Firm Foundation Using ...
Kath said, 'It just shaked and Mum towelled it'. If she had said, 'Mum just shaked' or 'It towelled Mum', she would have communicated a different idea. Second, they seem to use grammatical rules to unpack and interpret what others said.
John Munro, 2011
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
v - tt, ptt 'towelled, (Amer) 'toweled - vt (formal) to rub with a towel: He towelled his hair vigorously. 'towelling nu a kind of rough cloth from which towels etc are made: Her dressing-gown is made of towelling; bathroom curtains made of ...
4
The Restraint of Beasts: Reissued
After washing, Richie towelled himself dry. Now came the final part of the routine. First, he put on his denim jacket. Next he bent down, throwing his hair forward and then quickly straightening up again, at the same time flicking his head back,  ...
Magnus Mills, 2011
5
Wilson Plays: 2
Sits upstage end of ldt bench, towelled. Wishbone (sharp) just before anyone else comes in, have you written anything yet? (Pause) You're just waiting, still. What are you waiting for? Marks You've heard of leading screenwriters, Wishbone?
Snoo Wilson, 2014
6
Sordid Images: The Poetry of Masculine Desire
They are presented as actively complicit with the designation oftheir own sexuality as hysteriaand epilepsy:the'it' whichcanbe 'intimated'butnever voiced,' easily misunderstood'. But Doris, towelled from thebath, Enters padding on broadfeet, ...
Steve Clark, 2003
7
By Request Collection 1 (Mills & Boon e-Book Collections)
She was back, Heath thought, rejoicing as he towelled down roughly after hisshower. Bronte was back, and firing onall cylinders. He'd seen it inhereyes whenshe cameto watchthenew barn beingraised. She had recovered her fighting sprit.
Susan Stephens, Anne Oliver, Lindsay Armstrong, 2014
8
Miss Peabody's Inheritance
All towelled up!" Miss Thorne answers the polite knock at the door. "All towelled up for the night! Hot milk for you? No? I'll just have a couple of snorts of soda water," Miss Thorne drowns her whisky, "and you Miss Edgely? The same?" " Thanks!
Elizabeth Jolley, 1983
9
The Making of Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano
Or rather, while he might not understand what the Consul was saying, he was waiting, his towelled hands swivelling the glasses more slowly, for an opening to say or do something" (cf. Volcano 45-46). Lowry's second thoughts become ...
Frederick Asals, 1997
10
Salisbury
She towelled away the excess moisture from her hair and roughly towelled the rest of herself too. When she was satisfied that she wouldn't drip too much, she went to her bedroom and picked up her phone. She checked the call register on her ...
Rachel James

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOWELLED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term towelled is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Eels face Titans on Gold Coast enjoying their own growing fanbase …
The Eels were gunning for four wins on the trot before they were towelled up by Canterbury in halfback Chris Sandow's worst performance for the club. Sandow ... «The Daily Telegraph, Aug 15»
2
Michael Douglas: Selfies are 'annoying'
Sometimes you'll be lying on the beach, on holiday, and before you've even towelled yourself off there are photos of you splashing in the sea on the internet. «TV3.ie, Jul 15»
3
Michael Douglas: Stop with the selfies
Sometimes you'll be lying on the beach, on holiday, and before you've even towelled yourself off there are photos of you splashing in the sea on the internet. «TV3.ie, Jul 15»
4
Review: Saturday at T in the Park 2015
Then the heavens open and rain halts play, they grind to a halt, the banks of electronic equipment pulled undercover and towelled down, it looks like it might all ... «The List, Jul 15»
5
Eels wary of Tigers
"Last time they were without Robbie and Aaron Woods they towelled Souths up [34-6 in Round 14] so they're definitely going to be hungry," he said. "They're ... «NRL.COM, Jul 15»
6
Port Adelaide too strong for wasteful Adelaide Crows
The diminutive Betts towelled up the bigger Tom Jonas to kick Adelaide's first two goals and then bob up to keep them in touch through the night. But it was no ... «The Australian, May 15»
7
Tall tales claim a new scalp
and the house erupted,” ... “[Reg] towelled those druggie f...wits for two whole hours. He wiped the floor with the lot of them” — The Betoota Advocate, 8th March, ... «ABC Online, Mar 15»
8
Milos Raonic and the tappety-tap-tap: no, he's not practicing the piano
... on how long it takes him to get appropriatedly fed and watered, sufficiently towelled off, or finished with whatever housekeeping duties need to be attended to. «Yahoo Sports, Mar 15»
9
REVIEW: Jesus Christ Superstar, UK Tour
Except the long haired man, who continues to whimper, and the guards, who scowl and sneer every time either the leader or one of the towelled dancers look at ... «British Theatre, Mar 15»
10
Bulldog's Bite – Manly the big winner from Cherry-Evans saga?
The final scoreline was embarrassing. Don't forget the Roosters forwards towelled-up Manly in a trial game. There is no point having the best backline in rugby ... «Sportal.com.au, Mar 15»

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