Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to towel
Participle: toweled; towelled
Gerund: toweling; towelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | towel |
| you | towel |
| he;she;it | towels |
| we | towel |
| you | towel |
| they | towel |
Perfect
| I | have toweled; towelled |
| you | have toweled; towelled |
| he;she;it | has toweled; towelled |
| we | have toweled; towelled |
| you | have toweled; towelled |
| they | have toweled; towelled |
Past
| I | toweled; towelled |
| you | toweled; towelled |
| he;she;it | toweled; towelled |
| we | toweled; towelled |
| you | toweled; towelled |
| they | toweled; towelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had toweled; towelled |
| you | had toweled; towelled |
| he;she;it | had toweled; towelled |
| we | had toweled; towelled |
| you | had toweled; towelled |
| they | had toweled; towelled |
Future
| I | will towel |
| you | will towel |
| he;she;it | will towel |
| we | will towel |
| you | will towel |
| they | will towel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have toweled; towelled |
| you | will have toweled; towelled |
| he;she;it | will have toweled; towelled |
| we | will have toweled; towelled |
| you | will have toweled; towelled |
| they | will have toweled; towelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | towel |
| you | towel |
| he;she;it | towel |
| we | towel |
| you | towel |
| they | towel |
Perfect
| I | have toweled; towelled |
| you | have toweled; towelled |
| he;she;it | have toweled; towelled |
| we | have toweled; towelled |
| you | have toweled; towelled |
| they | have toweled; towelled |
Imperfect
| I | toweled; towelled |
| you | toweled; towelled |
| he;she;it | toweled; towelled |
| we | toweled; towelled |
| you | toweled; towelled |
| they | toweled; towelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had toweled; towelled |
| you | had toweled; towelled |
| he;she;it | had toweled; towelled |
| we | had toweled; towelled |
| you | had toweled; towelled |
| they | had toweled; towelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would towel |
| you | would towel |
| he;she;it | would towel |
| we | would towel |
| you | would towel |
| they | would towel |
Perfect
| I | would have toweled; towelled |
| you | would have toweled; towelled |
| he;she;it | would have toweled; towelled |
| we | would have toweled; towelled |
| you | would have toweled; towelled |
| they | would have toweled; towelled |
Imperative
| you | towel |
| we | Let's towel |
| you | towel |
Verbs conjugated like 'towel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'towel'
bowel,
dowel,
howel,
rowel,
tovel,
tower,
trowel,
bowe,
bower,
bowl,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1284, from O.Fr.
toaille (12c.), from Frank.
*thwahlja, from P.Gmc.
*thwakhlijon (cf. O.S.
thwahila, M.Du.
dwale "towel," Du.
dwaal "altar cloth," O.H.G.
dwehila "towel," Ger. dial.
Zwehle "napkin"); related to Ger.
zwagen, O.E.
þwean "to wash." Sp.
toalla, It.
tovaglia are Gmc. loan-words. The verb is first recorded 1836.
Towelette is recorded from 1902.
2. From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (modern dialectal German Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Low German Dweel (“towel”), Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), Old English þwēan (“to wash”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*þwahaną'.
Sample Sentences
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He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.
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We would open the windows, towel the door, and turn my bedroom into an Allman Brothers concert. [2012, Dave Tomar, The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat:]