towel

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for wiping or drying.
• intransitive verb To wipe or rub dry with a towel.
• intransitive verb To dry oneself with a towel.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To rub or wipe with a towel.
• To cudgel; lam.
• To use a towel; rub or wipe with a towel.
• noun Same as tewel.
• noun A cloth used for wiping anything dry; especially, a cloth for drying the person after bathing or washing.
• noun Eccles.:
• noun The rich covering of silk and gold which used to be laid over the top of the altar except during mass.
• noun A linen altarcloth.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as the person after a bath.
• noun (Bot.) the fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Luffa Ægyptiaca; also, the plant itself. The fruit is very fibrous, and, when separated from its rind and seeds, is used as a sponge or towel. Called also Egyptian bath sponge, and dishcloth.
• transitive verb Prov. Eng. To beat with a stick.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath.
• verb To hit with a towel.
• verb To dry by using a towel.
• verb UK, dialect, obsolete To beat with a stick.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb wipe with a towel
• noun a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping