dry

(drī)

adj. dri·er (drī′ər), dri·est (drī′ĭst) or dry·er or dry·est

1. Free from liquid or moisture: changed to dry clothes.

a. Having or characterized by little or no rain: a dry climate.

b. Marked by the absence of natural or normal moisture: a dry month.

a. Not under water: dry land.

b. Having all the water or liquid drained away, evaporated, or exhausted: a dry river.

a. No longer yielding liquid, especially milk: a dry cow.

b. Not producing a liquid substance that is normally produced: dry heaves.

c. Not shedding tears: dry sobs.

d. Needing moisture or drink: a dry mouth.

5. No longer wet: The paint is dry.

6. Of or relating to solid rather than liquid substances or commodities: dry weight.

7. Not sweet as a result of the decomposition of sugar during fermentation. Used of wines.

8. Having a large proportion of strong liquor to other ingredients: a dry martini.

9. Eaten or served without butter, gravy, or other garnish: dry toast; dry meat.

10. Having no adornment or coloration; plain: the dry facts.

11. Devoid of bias or personal concern: presented a dry critique.

12.

a. Lacking tenderness, warmth, or involvement; severe: The actor gave a dry reading of the lines.

b. Matter-of-fact or indifferent in manner: rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical tone.

13. Wearisome; dull: a dry lecture filled with trivial details.

14. Humorous in an understated or unemotional way: dry wit.

15. Prohibiting or opposed to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages: a dry county.

16. Unproductive of the expected results: a mind dry of new ideas.

17. Constructed without mortar or cement: dry masonry.

v. dried (drīd), dry·ing, dries (drīz)

v.tr.

1. To remove the moisture from; make dry: laundry dried by the sun.

2. To preserve (meat or other foods, for example) by extracting the moisture.

v.intr.

To become dry: The sheets dried quickly in the sun.

n. pl. drys Informal

A prohibitionist.

Phrasal Verbs:

dry out Informal

To undergo a cure for alcoholism.

dry up

1. To make or become unproductive, especially to do so gradually.

2. Informal To stop talking. Used especially in the imperative.

[Middle English drie, from Old English drȳge.]

dry′ly, dri′ly adv.

dry′ness n.

Synonyms: dry, dehydrate, desiccate, parch
These verbs mean to remove the moisture from: drying the dishes; added water to eggs that were dehydrated; a factory where coconut meat is shredded and desiccated; land parched by the sun. See Also Synonyms at sour.

Antonym: moisten

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dry out

vb (adverb)

1. to make or become dry

2. (Medicine) to undergo or cause to undergo treatment for alcoholism or drug addiction

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb	1.	dry out - become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" dry change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" scorch - become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun" run dry, dry out - become empty of water; "The river runs dry in the summer"
	2.	dry out - become empty of water; "The river runs dry in the summer" run dry dry out, dry - become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun"
	3.	dry out - remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair" dry alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" dry up, exsiccate, dehydrate, desiccate - lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly" dehydrate, desiccate - remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me" spin-dry - dry (clothes) by spinning and making use of centrifugal forces tumble dry - dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder; "These fabrics are delicate and cannot be tumbled dry" spray-dry - dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas dehumidify - make less humid; "The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer" parch, sear - cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth" rough-dry - dry without smoothing or ironing; "rough-dry the laundry" blow-dry - dry hair with a hair dryer drip-dry - dry by hanging up wet air - expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry; "Air linen"

Translations

essorer

far asciugare

высыхать

w>dry out

(clothes) → trocknen; (ground, skin etc) → austrocknen

(inf, alcoholic) → eine Entziehungskur machen

vt sep clothes → trocknen; ground, skin → austrocknen

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