noun
Meaning 1
An instance of blow-drying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She went to the hairdresser's for a haircut, shampooing and a blow-dry.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
blow-dry
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noun
Meaning 2
A blow-dried hairdo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To dry with a hair dryer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
dry hair with a hair dryer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dry, dry out
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: føntørre — dry with a hair dryer
- French: foehner — dry with a hair dryer
- German: föhnen — dry with a hair dryer
- Russian: суши́ть фе́ном (sušítʹ fénom) — dry with a hair dryer
- Russian: просуши́ть фе́ном (prosušítʹ fénom) — dry with a hair dryer