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spin-dry

vb, -dries, -drying or -dried
(Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to dry (clothes, linen, etc) in a spin-dryer
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spin′-dry′



v.t. -dried, -dry•ing.
to remove moisture from (laundry) by centrifugal force, as in an automatic washing machine.
[1925–30]
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spin-dry


Past participle: spin-dried
Gerund: spin-drying

Imperative
spin-dry
spin-dry
Present
I spin-dry
you spin-dry
he/she/it spin-dries
we spin-dry
you spin-dry
they spin-dry
Preterite
I spin-dried
you spin-dried
he/she/it spin-dried
we spin-dried
you spin-dried
they spin-dried
Present Continuous
I am spin-drying
you are spin-drying
he/she/it is spin-drying
we are spin-drying
you are spin-drying
they are spin-drying
Present Perfect
I have spin-dried
you have spin-dried
he/she/it has spin-dried
we have spin-dried
you have spin-dried
they have spin-dried
Past Continuous
I was spin-drying
you were spin-drying
he/she/it was spin-drying
we were spin-drying
you were spin-drying
they were spin-drying
Past Perfect
I had spin-dried
you had spin-dried
he/she/it had spin-dried
we had spin-dried
you had spin-dried
they had spin-dried
Future
I will spin-dry
you will spin-dry
he/she/it will spin-dry
we will spin-dry
you will spin-dry
they will spin-dry
Future Perfect
I will have spin-dried
you will have spin-dried
he/she/it will have spin-dried
we will have spin-dried
you will have spin-dried
they will have spin-dried
Future Continuous
I will be spin-drying
you will be spin-drying
he/she/it will be spin-drying
we will be spin-drying
you will be spin-drying
they will be spin-drying
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been spin-drying
you have been spin-drying
he/she/it has been spin-drying
we have been spin-drying
you have been spin-drying
they have been spin-drying
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been spin-drying
you will have been spin-drying
he/she/it will have been spin-drying
we will have been spin-drying
you will have been spin-drying
they will have been spin-drying
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been spin-drying
you had been spin-drying
he/she/it had been spin-drying
we had been spin-drying
you had been spin-drying
they had been spin-drying
Conditional
I would spin-dry
you would spin-dry
he/she/it would spin-dry
we would spin-dry
you would spin-dry
they would spin-dry
Past Conditional
I would have spin-dried
you would have spin-dried
he/she/it would have spin-dried
we would have spin-dried
you would have spin-dried
they would have spin-dried
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.spin-dry - dry (clothes) by spinning and making use of centrifugal forces
dry, dry out - remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
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Translations

spin-dry

[ˌspɪnˈdraɪ] VT → centrifugar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

spin-dry

[ˌspɪnˈdraɪ] vt → strizzare con la centrifuga
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