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dryer1 n 1. a person or thing that dries 2. an apparatus for removing moisture by forced draught, heating, or centrifuging 3. (Engineering / Chemical Engineering) any of certain chemicals added to oils such as linseed oil to accelerate their drying when used as bases in paints, etc. dryer2 adj
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Translations dryer [ˈdraɪəʳ] N (for hair) → secador m; (for clothes) (= machine) → secadora f; (= rack) → tendedero m dryer [ˈdraɪər] n (also tumble dryer) → sèche-linge m (also spin-dryer) → essoreuse f (also hair dryer) → sèche-cheveux m tumble dryer, hairdryer dry goods npl (US) (= food) → épicerie denrées)f > dry ice n → neige f carbonique drying up n (British) to do the drying up → essuyer la vaisselle dry land n → terre f ferme on dry land → sur la terre ferme dryer n (for clothes) → Wäschetrockner m; (= spin dryer) → Wäscheschleuder f; (for hands) → Händetrockner m; (for hair) → Föhn m, → Haartrockner m; (over head) → Trockenhaube f; (in paint) → Trockenstoff m dryer drier [ˈdraɪəʳ] n (for hair) → föhn m inv, asciugacapelli m inv; (at hairdresser's) → casco m asciugacapelli inv; (for clothes) → asciugabiancheria m inv dryer drier [ˈdraɪəʳ] n (for hair) → föhn m inv, asciugacapelli m inv; (at hairdresser's) → casco m asciugacapelli inv; (for clothes) → asciugabiancheria m inv How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She hurried forward through the crowd as if intent upon reaching a distant home, bending forward in her handsome cloak, daintily lifting her skirts and picking for her well-shod feet the dryer spots upon the pavements. While heaping these compliments on Mr Flintwinch, he rolled him about with a hand on each of his shoulders, until the staggerings of that gentleman, who under the circumstances was dryer and more twisted than ever, were like those of a teetotum nearly spent. On all the house there is a cold, blank smell like the smell of a little church, though something dryer, suggesting that the dead and buried Dedlocks walk there in the long nights and leave the flavour of their graves behind them. |
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