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dry  (dr)

adj. dri·er (drr) or dry·er, dri·est (drst) 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 (drd), dry·ing, dries (drz)

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.

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[Middle English drie, from Old English drge.]

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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

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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

Thesaurus

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)

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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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dry

adj dry [drai]

1 having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children. droë جاف сух suchý tør trocken στεγνός seco kuiv خشک kuiva sec יָבֵש सूखा, शुष्क suh, isušen száraz kering þurr; þurrkaður secco 乾いた 마른, 물기가 없는 sausas sauss; izkaltis kering droog tørr suchy seco uscat сухой suchý suh suv torr แห้ง kuru 乾燥的 сухий بے نم یا سوکھا khô ráo 干燥的

2 uninteresting and not lively a very dry book. droë غَيْر حَيَوي، غَيْر مُمْتِع скучен suchopárný tør; kedelig trocken ανιαρός aburrido kiretu خشک و بی روح kuivakiskoinen aride יָבֵש, מְשַעֲמֵם ऊबाउ और अरूचिकर suhoparan, dosadan unalmas tidak menarik þurr, leiðinlegur arido 無味乾燥な 무미 건조한 sausas, nuobodus sauss; neinteresants tidak menarik saai tørr, kjedelig nudny insípido neinteresant сухой suchopárny suhoparen suvoparan torr, trist จืดชืด sıkıcı, ilginç olmayan 枯燥乏味的 нудний; нецікавий خشک ، بے لطف khô khan 枯燥乏味的

3 (of humour or manner) quiet, restrained a dry wit. droë humor جاف، ناشِف، ساخِر въздържан suchý tør; kedelig trocken στεγνός (μτφ.), περιορισμένος agudo, mordaz talitsetud, kuiv ساکت؛ سرد kuiva, hillitty pince-sans-rire יָבֵש अरूचिकर šutljiv fanyar (humor) pendiam launhæðinn (che scherza restando serio) そっけない 감정을 나타내지 않는 santūrus garlaicīgs; neinteresants pendiam droog stille, rolig, underfundig sarkastyczny irónico rezervat, reţinut сдержанный suchý trpek prikriven torr ฝืด ince esprili, alaycı 無味的 стриманий جذبے سے عاری tỉnh khô 无味的

4 (of wine) not sweet. droë غَيْر حُلو сух suchý tør trocken ξηρός (για κρασί) seco kuiv سک kuiva sec יָיִן יָבֵש मीठी नहीं nedovoljno slatko vino száraz (bor) tidak manis þurrt secco 辛口の 단맛이 없는 sausas (par vīnu) sauss; nesaldināts tidak manis droog tørr wytrawny seco сухой suchý suh opor torr ไม่หวาน sek, sert olmayan (酒等)不甜的 сухий بغیر مٹھاس کی شراب vô vị （酒等）不甜的

v – past tense, past participle dried –

to (cause to) become dry I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun. afdroog يَجِف съхна utírat; sušit tørre (ab)trocknen στεγνώνω secar kuivatama, kuivama خشک کردن kuivata, kuivua essuyer, sécher לְיַבֵּש सुखाना osušiti (meg)szárít; (meg)szárad mengeringkan þorna; þurrka asciugare 乾かす 마르다; 말리다 džiūti, džiovinti []slaucīt (pēc mazgāšanas); izkalst; izžūt; žāvēt mengeringkan drogen tørke, tørre, herde suszyć się, osuszać secar a (se) usca; a (se) şterge вытирать насухо;высыхать utierať; uschnúť posušiti (se) sušiti torka ผึ่งให้แห้ง kuru(t)mak 使乾燥 сушити خشک کرنا یا ہونا phơi khô 使干燥

adj dried

(of food) having had moisture removed for the purpose of preservation dried flowers; dried fruit. gedroogde مُجَفَّف изсушен sušený tørret getrocknet αποξηραμένος seco kuivatatud خشک شده kuivattu séché מְיוּבַּש सूखे osušeno voće, osušeno cvijeće szárított, aszalt kering þurrka essiccato, secco 乾燥した (보관을 위해) 건조시킨 džiovintas žāvēts; kaltēts kering gedroogd tørket suszony desidratado uscat сухой; сушёный sušený posušen sušen torkad อบแห้ง kurutulmuş, kuru 弄幹了的 засушений محفوظ کرنے کے لۓ نمی نکالا ہوا khô 弄干了的

n ˈdrier, *ˈdryer

a machine etc that dries a spin-drier; a hair-dryer. droër مُجَفِّف، جِهاز تَنْشيف сешоар sušič(ka); vysoušeč tørretumbler; -tørrer der Trockner στεγνωτήρας secadora, secador kuivati خشک کن kuivaaja séchoir מְיַבֵּש כְּבִיסָה सुखाने वाला sušilica, uređaj za sušenje szárító pengering þurrkari asciugatrice 乾燥機 건조기, 탈수기 džiovintuvas žāvējamais aparāts pengering droger tørrer; tørketrommel, hårtørker suszarka secador uscător сушилка; фен sušič, sušička sušilnik sušilica torkare, torkmaskin, hårtork เครื่องเป่าแห้ง kurutucu 乾燥器 сушильник سکھانے کی مشین máy sấy 干燥器

adv ˈdrily, *ˈdryly

in a quiet, restrained (and humorous) manner He commented drily on the untidiness of the room. droërig بِجَفاف، بِسُخْرِيَه сухо suše tørt trocken ξερά secamente, irónicamente kuivalt با لحن خشک؛ صاف و ساده kuivasti d'un air pince-sans-rire בְּיוֹבֵש रूखाई से suho szárazon ringkas, dengan acuh tak acuh á launhæðinn hátt con ironia 皮肉に 냉담하게, 매정하게 ramiai, santūriai sausi; neinteresanti dengan acuh tak acuh droog tørt sarkastycznie com ironia (cu un aer) rezervat сухо sucho suho; trpko tiho torrt อย่างฝืด ๆ müstehzî bir şekilde 乾燥地，枯燥地 сухо خشک انداز میں khô khan 干燥地，枯燥地

n ˈdryness

droogheid جَفاف въздържаност suchost tørhed die Trockenheit ξηρασία sequedad kuivus خشکی kuivuus sécheresse יוֹבֵש सूखापन suhoća szárazság kekeringan þurrkur; þurrleiki aridità, secchezza 乾燥 건조함 sausumas sausums kekeringan droogte tørrhet, tørke suchość, jałowość secura uscăciune сухость suchosť suša suvoća torka, torrhet ความแห้ง kuruluk 幹 сухість خشکی sự khô cằn 干

v ˌdry-ˈclean

to clean (clothes etc) with chemicals, not with water. droogskoonmaak يُنَظِّف على النّاشِف химическо чистене čistit chemicky tørrens chemisch reinigen καθαρίζω με στεγνό καθάρισμα en seco limpiar keemiliselt puhastama خشک شویی کردن pestä kuivapesussa à sec nettoyer ניקוּי יָבֵש निर्जल धुलाई करना kemijsko čišćenje vegytisztít mencuci dengan zat kimia þurrhreinsa pulire a secco ドライクリーニングする 드라이클리닝하다 chemiškai valyti ķīmiski tīrīt basuh kering stomen rense kjemisk, tørrense prać chemicznie limpar a seco a curăţa chimic подвергать химчистке čistiť chemicky kemično čistiti hemijsko čišćenje kemtvätta ซักแห้ง kuru temizlemek 乾洗 піддавати хімічній чистці کیمیائی مواد سے کپڑوں کی صفائی giặt khô 干洗

dry land

the land as opposed to the sea etc. land اليابِسَه суша souše landjord; land trockenes Land στεριά tierra firme maa خشکی maa terre ferme יַבָּשָׁה शुष्क भूमि kopno szárazföld daratan fast land terraferma 陸地 육지 sausuma sauszeme tanah vaste grond fastland, fast grunn ląd stały terra firme uscat суша súš kopno kopno torra land พื้นที่แห้ง kara 陸地 суша خشکی، سمندر اور دریا وغیرہ سے متمیز đất liền 陆地

dry off

to make or become completely dry She climbed out of the swimming-pool and dried off in the sun. afdroog يَتَنَشَّف изсушавам osušit (se), oschnout tørre sich trocknen στεγνώνω secarse ära kuivatama, ära kuivama خشک کردن kuivattaa, kuivua (se) sécher לְהִתייַבֵּש, לְיַבֵּש सुखाना potpuno se osušiti megszárad menjadi kering þerra, þurrka asciugare, asciugarsi 乾かす 마르다; 말리다 nudžiūti nožāvēt; nožāvēties keringkan (doen) opdrogen tørke (seg) wysuszyć secar(-se) a (se) usca обсыхать obschnúť osušiti (se) osušiti torka [] ทำให้แห้ง kuru(t)mak 使完全變幹 висихати مکمل تور پر خشک ہونا یا کرنا phơi khô 使完全变干

dry up

1 to lose water; to cease running etc completely All the rivers dried up in the heat. droog raak يَجِفُّ съхна vyschnout udtørre austrocknen στερεύω, ξεραίνομαι secarse ära kuivama خشکیدن kuivua se dessécher, se tarir לְהִתייַבֵּש सूखा presušiti kiszárad mengering þorna upp seccarsi 干上がる 바싹 마르다 išdžiūti izžūt kering opdrogen tørke inn/ut, bli/gå tørr wysychać secar a seca пересохнуть vyschnúť usahniti presušiti torka ut, bli uttorkad แห้งผาก kurumak 使乾涸 висихати بالکل سوکھ جانا یا سکھا دینا khô cạn 使干涸

2 to become used up Supplies of bandages have dried up. opraak يَنْضُبُ، يُنَشِّفُ، يُسْتَنْفَذُ свършвам vypotřebovat løbe ud sich erschöpfen εξαντλούμαι agotarse kokku kuivama تمام شدن ehtyä se tarir לְהִיגָמֵר खत्म होना istrošiti, presahnuti elfogy habis klárast esaurirsi 尽きる 바닥나다 baigtis, išsekti izbeigties digunakan uitgeput raken gå tom, tørke inn zużyć się esgotar-se a se epuiza истощиться minúť usahniti nestati ta slut เลิกใช้ tükenmek, kurumak 用完 вичерпуватися ختم ہو جانا cạn 用完

3 to make dry The sun dried up the puddles in the road. opdroog يُجَفِّف، يُنَشِّف изсушавам vysušit tørre austrocknen αποξηραίνω, στεγνώνω secar ära kuivatama خشک کردن kuivattaa sécher לְיַבֵּש सूखाना osušiti felszárít mengeringkan þurrka asciugare 乾かす 말리다 išdžiovinti izžāvēt mengeringkan doen opdrogen tørke(s) inn/ut wysuszyć secar a usca высушить vysušiť posušiti osušiti torka bort ทำให้แห้งผาก kurutmak 使變幹 висушувати خشک کرنا làm khô 使变干

4 (of a speaker) to forget what he is going to say He dried up in the middle of his speech. stom geraak يُنَشِّفُ الكَلامُ لَدَيْهِ забравям ztratit řeč tabe tråden aufhören ξεχνώ τι θέλω να πω quedarse en blanco vait jääma فراموش کردن vaieta rester sec לְהֵיאָלֵם דוֹם अपनी बात भूल जाना zastati u govoru belesül lupa apa yang harus diucapkan reka í vörðurnar (non ricordare la battuta) つっかえる 해야 할 말을 잊어버리다 nutilti apklust; aizmirst tekstu lupa niet meer weten wat te zeggen glemme teksten/det en vil si zamilknąć calar-se a-şi pierde vorba замолкнуть stratiť reč utihniti zapeti u govoru tystna, bli alldeles tyst หยุดพูด ne söyleyeceğini unutmak 講不出話來 замовчати خطاب وغیرہ کرتے وقت الفاظ بھول جانا không thể nói tiếp được 讲不出话来