DRY
\dɹˈa͡ɪ], \dɹˈaɪ], \d_ɹ_ˈaɪ]\
Definitions of DRY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun"
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a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
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having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
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without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
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suffering from fluid deprivation; "his mouth was dry"
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having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
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not producing milk; "a dry cow"
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used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight"
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remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
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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
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(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat"
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unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
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(of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"
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not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
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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"
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opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state"
By Princeton University
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become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun"
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a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
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having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
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without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
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suffering from fluid deprivation; "his mouth was dry"
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having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
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not producing milk; "a dry cow"
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used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight"
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remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
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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
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
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Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
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Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
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Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
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Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.
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Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.
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Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.
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Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.
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To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.
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To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.
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To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.
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Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; - said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
By Oddity Software
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Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
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Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
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Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
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Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
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Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.
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Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.
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Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.
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Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.
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To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.
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To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.
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To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.
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Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; - said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
By Noah Webster.
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Free from moisture or wetness; not yielding juices; without interest; unintentionally humorous or quaint; without sweetness or fruity flavor; thirsty; solid, as opposed to liquid; as, dry measure.
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To free from moisture or juice; stop the flow of; parch.
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To lose or be deprived of moisture.
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Dryly, drily.
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Dryness.
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Drier.
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Driest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Dryness.
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Drier.
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Free from moisture: deficient in moisture: without sap: not green: not giving milk: thirsty: uninteresting: frigid, precise.
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To free from water or moisture: to exhaust.
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To become dry: to become free from juice: to evaporate entirely:-pr.p. drying; pa.p. dried'.
By Daniel Lyons
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Dryness.
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To make or become dry; evaporate; wither; often followed by up.
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Lacking moisture; not fresh; not green.
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Lacking interest; lifeless; dull.
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Slyly jocose or satirical.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Dryly.
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To make dry.
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Without moisture; without rain; not giving milk; uninteresting; precise; sarcastic.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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