"blow-dry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blow-dries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blow-dry (plural blow-dries)
  1. An instance of blow-drying
    Sense id: en-blow-dry-en-noun-HcVSPcs4

Verb

Forms: blow-dries [present, singular, third-person], blow-drying [participle, present], blow-dried [participle, past], blow-dried [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} blow-dry (third-person singular simple present blow-dries, present participle blow-drying, simple past and past participle blow-dried)
  1. To dry with a hair dryer Categories (topical): Hair Derived forms: blowdryer, blow-dryer Translations (dry with a hair dryer): føntørre (Danish), foehner [Switzerland] (French), föhnen (German), суши́ть фе́ном (sušítʹ fénom) [imperfective] (Russian), просуши́ть фе́ном (prosušítʹ fénom) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-blow-dry-en-verb-Wnhwvfwr Disambiguation of Hair: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 34 66

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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