"spin-dry" meaning in All languages combined

See spin-dry on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: spin-dries [present, singular, third-person], spin-drying [participle, present], spin-dried [participle, past], spin-dried [past]
Etymology: spin + dry. First use appears c. 1927 in the Saturday Evening Post. Etymology templates: {{com|en|spin|dry}} spin + dry Head templates: {{en-verb}} spin-dry (third-person singular simple present spin-dries, present participle spin-drying, simple past and past participle spin-dried)
  1. (transitive) To dry in a spin dryer. Wikipedia link: Saturday Evening Post Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-spin-dry-en-verb-MYFNl1Q~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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