tumble dry

See also: tumble-dry

English

Alternative forms

• tumble-dry

Verb

tumble dry (third-person singular simple present tumble dries, present participle tumble drying, simple past and past participle tumble dried)

2. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become dry by rolling about in the heated rotating drum of a clothes dryer.

   hand wash only; tumble dry low

4. To dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder.