dry

dry (dr

)

adj. dri·er (dr

r) or dry·er, dri·est (dr

st) or dry·est

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

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

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

4. Not under water: dry land.

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

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

7. Lacking a mucous or watery discharge: a dry cough.

8. Not shedding tears: dry sobs.

9. Needing or desiring drink; thirsty: a dry mouth.

10. No longer wet: The paint is dry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

17.

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.

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

19. Humorous or sarcastic in a shrewd, impersonal way: dry wit.

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

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

22. Constructed without mortar or cement: dry masonry.

v. dried (dr

d), dry·ing, dries (dr

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.

[Middle English drie, from Old English drge.]

dryly, drily adv.

dryness 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

dry

Adjective

[drier, driest] or dryer, dryest

1. lacking moisture

2. having little or no rainfall

3. having the water drained away or evaporated: a dry gully for the most part of the year

4. not providing milk: a dry cow

5. (of the eyes) free from tears

6. Brit, Austral & NZ informal thirsty

7. eaten without butter or jam: a dry cracker

8. (of wine) not sweet

9. dull and uninteresting: a dry subject

10. (of humour) subtle and sarcastic

11. prohibiting the sale of alcoholic liquor: a dry district

Verb

[dries, drying, dried]

1. to make or become dry

2. to preserve (food) by removing the moisture

See also dry out, dry up [Old English drȳge]

dryness n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	dry - a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages prohibitionist crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer - a disputant who advocates reform
Verb	1.	dry - remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair" dry out 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" wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face"
	2.	dry - become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" dry out 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"
Adj.	1.	dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
	2.	dry - humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit" ironic, wry, ironical humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"
	3.	dry - lacking moisture or volatile components; "dry paint" wet - containing moisture or volatile components; "wet paint"
	4.	dry - opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state" wet - supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county"
	5.	dry - not producing milk; "a dry cow" lactating, wet - producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"
	6.	dry - (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux" nonsweet, sugarless - not containing sugar sour - having a sharp biting taste sweet - (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; "sweet dessert wines"
	7.	dry - without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose" phlegmy - characterized by phlegm; "a phlegmy discharge"
	8.	dry - not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes" dry-eyed, tearless - free from tears
	9.	dry - lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown juiceless unexciting, unstimulating - not stimulating
	10.	dry - used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight" solid - of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state"
	11.	dry - unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas" unproductive - not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries"
	12.	dry - having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner" plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
	13.	dry - (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat" plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
	14.	dry - having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin" alcoholic - characteristic of or containing alcohol; "alcoholic drinks"
	15.	dry - lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique" unemotional - unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
	16.	dry - practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal" teetotal sober - not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

dry

adjective 1. dehydrated, dried-up, arid, torrid, parched, desiccated, waterless, juiceless, sapless, moistureless << OPPOSITE wet

adjective 2. dried, crisp, withered, brittle, shrivelled, crispy, parched, desiccated, sun-baked

adjective 3. thirsty, parched

adjective 4. sarcastic, cutting, sharp, keen, cynical, low-key, sly, sardonic, deadpan, droll, ironical, quietly humorous

adjective 5. dull, boring, tedious, commonplace, dreary, tiresome, monotonous, run-of-the-mill, humdrum, unimaginative, uninteresting, mind-numbing, ho-hum (informal) << OPPOSITE interesting

adjective 6. plain, simple, bare, basic, pure, stark, unembellished

verb 7. drain, make dry

verb 8. (often with out) dehydrate, make dry, desiccate, sear, parch, dehumidify << OPPOSITE wet

dry out or up

1. become dry, harden, wither, mummify, shrivel up, wizen

Translations

dry [draɪ] adj → seco; [day] → sin lluvia; [climate] → árido, seco; [humour] → agudo (= uninteresting) [lecture] → aburrido, pesado

vt → secar [+ tears]; enjugarse

vi → secarse;

on dry land → en tierra firme;

to dry one's hands/hair/eyes → secarse las manos/el pelo/las lágrimas

dry up vi [supply, imagination etc] → agotarse;

(in speech) → atascarse

dry [draɪ] adj → sec(sèche); [day] → sans pluie; [humour] → pince-sans-rire (= uninteresting); aride, rébarbatif/ive

vt → sécher [+ clothes]; faire sécher

vi → sécher;

on dry land → sur la terre ferme;

to dry one's hands/hair/eyes → se sécher les mains/les cheveux/les yeux

dry off vi, vt → sécher

dry up vi [river, supplies] → se tarir: [speaker] → sécher, rester sec

dry [draɪ] adj → trocken

vt, vi → trocknen;

on dry land → auf festem Boden;

to dry one's hands/hair/eyes → sich dat die Hände (ab)trocknen/die Haare trocknen/die Tränen abwischen;

to dry the dishes → (das Geschirr) abtrocknen

dry up dry vi → austrocknen;

(in speech) → den Faden verlieren

dry [draɪ] adj → secco/a; [day, clothes] (fig) [humour] → asciutto/a (= uninteresting) [lecture, subject] → poco avvincente

vt → seccare [+ clothes, hair, hands]; asciugare

vi → asciugarsi;

on dry land → sulla terraferma;

to dry one's hands/hair/eyes → asciugarsi le mani/i capelli/gli occhi

dry up vi → seccarsi; [source of supply] → esaurirsi;

(fig) [imagination etc] → inaridirsi (= fall silent) [speaker] → azzittirsi

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