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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.
2.
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.
3.
a. Not under water: dry land.
b. Having all the water or liquid drained away, evaporated, or exhausted: a dry river.
4.
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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Dryness

  1. Arid as the sands of the Sahara —Joseph Conrad

    The everyday cliche is “Dry as the Sahara.”

  2. (I’ll) drain him dry as hay —William Shakespeare
  3. Dries up like snakeskin —Kate Grenville
  4. (Her words were) dry as the rustle of old leaves —William Beechcroft
  5. Dry and cracking like the bindings on rare books —Diane Wakoski
  6. (His throat was) dry as a desert —Colin Forbes
  7. (Heart) dry as an autumn leaf —Nelson Algren
  8. (You’ll sweat until you’re as) dry as an old gourd —George Garrett
  9. Dry as ashes —Fisher Ames

    Variations of this much-used cliche include “Dry as dust” as well as frame-of-reference switches such as “White as ashes.”

  10. (His sensitive palate as) dry as a bread crust —W. S. Gilbert
  11. Dry as a spinster on a Saturday night —line from “St. Elsewhere” television drama, broadcast December 16, 1986
  12. (I was) dry as a stick —Thomas Gray

    Gray used this in combination with two other similes: “I was dry as a stick, hard as a stone, and cold as a cucumber.”

  13. (Her voice was) dry as burned paper —Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
  14. (My heart felt as) dry as dirt —Bernard Malamud
  15. (Their intellectuality is as) dry as dung that’s lain on a dusty road for weeks —Louis Adamic

    A shorter version seen in a poem by W. D. Snodgrass: “Parched as dung.”

  16. Dry as faded marigold —Stephen Vincent Benét
  17. Dry as last year’s crow’s nest —Anon
  18. Dry as poverty —John Ashbery
  19. Dry as woodash —Marge Piercy
  20. [Feeling of teeth against lips] dry as sandpaper —William Faulkner
  21. (Hair) dry as spun glass —Elizabeth Spencer
  22. (He was dry-looking, as) dry as talc —Marianne Wiggins
  23. Dry as the white dunes under sunlight —Marge Piercy
  24. Dry up faster than a pressed corsage —Reynolds Price
  25. Parched like an open mouth —Charles Simic
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. dryness - the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
dehydration, desiccation - dryness resulting from the removal of water
drought, drouth - a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"
aridness, thirstiness, aridity - a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
sereness - a withered dryness
conjunctivitis arida, xeroma, xerophthalmia, xerophthalmus - abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A
dry mouth, xerostomia - abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva
wetness - the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water); "he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks"
2. dryness - moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs
temperance, moderation - the trait of avoiding excesses
3. dryness - objectivity and detachment; "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone"
emotionlessness, unemotionality - absence of emotion
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dryness

noun
1. aridity, drought, dehydration, aridness, dehumidification, waterlessness, moisturelessness, parchedness the parched dryness of the air
2. thirstiness, thirst, desire for a drink, parchedness Symptoms include dryness of the mouth.
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dryness

noun
2. The practice of refraining from use of alcoholic liquors:
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Translations
جَفاف
suchost
tørhed
òurrkur; òurrleiki
suchosť
suša
kuruluk

dryness

[ˈdraɪnɪs] N
1. [of hair, skin, climate] → sequedad f
2. [of wit, humour] → mordacidad f
3. [of wine, sherry, cider, champagne] → lo seco
4. [of lecture, subject, book] → aridez f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dryness

[ˈdraɪnɪs] n
[air, ground, weather] → sécheresse f
[hair, skin] → sécheresse f
[mouth] → sécheresse f
[wine] → sécheresse f
[humour] → côté m pince-sans-rire dry-roasted [ˌdraɪˈrəʊstɪd] adj [peanuts] → grillé à sec dry rot n → pourriture f sèche (du bois)dry run n (= trial) → galop m d'essai (= rehearsal) → répétition fdry ski slope n → piste f de ski artificielle dry-stone wall n → mur m de pierres sèches
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dryness

n (all senses) → Trockenheit f
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dryness

[ˈdraɪnɪs] n (gen) → secchezza ; (of ground) → aridità
she remarked with some dryness that ... → osservò con una punta d'ironia che...
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dry

(drai) adjective
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 seco suchý trocken tør στεγνός seco kuiv خشک kuiva sec יבש सूखा, शुष्क suh, isušen száraz kering þurr; þurrkaður secco 乾いた 마른 sausas sauss; izkaltis kering droog tørr suchy وچ seco uscat сухой suchý suh suv torr แห้ง kuru 乾的,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 insípido suchopárný trocken tør; kedelig ανιαρός aburrido kiretu خشک و بی روح kuiva aride יבש, משעמם ऊबाउ और अरूचिकर suhoparan, dosadan unalmas tidak menarik þurr, leiðinlegur arido 無味乾燥な 무미건조한 sausas, nuobodus sauss; neinteresants tidak menarik saai tørr, kjedelig nudny بى روح او وچ 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 irônico suchý trocken tør; kedelig στεγνός, περιορισμένος agudo, mordaz talitsetud, kuiv ساکت؛ سرد kuiva pince-sans-rire יבש अरूचिकर šutljiv fanyar (humor) pendiam launhæðinn (che scherza restando serio) そっけない 조용한, 억제된 santūrus garlaicīgs; neinteresants pendiam droog stille, rolig, underfundig sarkastyczny ساكت، سوړ irónico rezervat, reţinut сдержанный suchý trpek prikriven torr ฝืด ince esprili, alaycı 一本正經的 стриманий جذبے سے عاری tỉnh khô 正经的
4. (of wine) not sweet. droë غَيْر حُلو сух seco suchý trocken tør ξηρός seco kuiv سک kuiva sec יָיִן יָבֵש मीठी नहीं nedovoljno slatko vino száraz (bor) tidak manis þurrt secco 辛口の 달지 않은 sausas (par vīnu) sauss; nesaldināts tidak manis droog tørr wytrawny تريخ 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
verb – 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 secar utírat; sušit trocknen tørre στεγνώνω secar kuivatama, kuivama خشک کردن kuivata essuyer, sécher לְיַבֵּש सुखाना osušiti (meg)szárít; (meg)szárad mengeringkan þorna; þurrka asciugare 乾かす 건조하다 džiūti, džiovinti []slaucīt (pēc mazgāšanas); izkalst; izžūt; žāvēt mengeringkan drogen tørke, tørre, herde suszyć się, osuszać وچول 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
dried adjective
(of food) having had moisture removed for the purpose of preservation. dried flowers; dried fruit. gedroogde مُجَفَّف изсушен desidratado sušený getrocknet tørret αποξηραμένος seco kuivatatud خشک شده kuivattu séché מיובש सूखे osušeno voće, osušeno cvijeće szárított, aszalt kering þurrka essiccato, secco 乾燥した 건조한 džiovintas žāvēts; kaltēts kering gedroogd tørket suszony وچ شوى desidratado uscat сухой; сушёный sušený posušen sušen torkad อบแห้ง kurutulmuş, kuru 乾燥過的(花朵、食品) засушений محفوظ کرنے کے لۓ نمی نکالا ہوا khô 弄干了的
ˈdrier, ˈdryer noun
a machine etc that dries. a spin-drier; a hair-dryer. droër مُجَفِّف، جِهاز تَنْشيف сешоар secador sušič(ka); vysoušeč der Trockner tørretumbler; -tørrer στεγνωτήρας secadora, secador kuivati خشک کن kuivain séchoir מְיַבֵּש כְּבִיסָה सुखाने वाला sušilica, uređaj za sušenje szárító pengering þurrkari asciugatrice 乾燥機 건조기 džiovintuvas žāvējamais aparāts pengering droger tørrer; tørketrommel, hårtørker suszarka وچ كوونكى secador uscător сушилка; фен sušič, sušička sušilnik sušilica torkare, torkmaskin, hårtork เครื่องเป่าแห้ง kurutucu 烘乾機,吹風機 сушильник سکھانے کی مشین máy sấy 干燥器,吹风机
ˈdrily, ˈdryly adverb
in a quiet, restrained (and humorous) manner. He commented drily on the untidiness of the room. droërig بِجَفاف، بِسُخْرِيَه сухо secamente suše trocken tørt 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 조용한, 억제된 ramiai, santūriai sausi; neinteresanti dengan acuh tak acuh droog tørt sarkastycznie په ساده او َصافه خوله com ironia (cu un aer) rezervat сухо sucho suho; trpko tiho torrt อย่างฝืด ๆ müstehzî bir şekilde 一本正經地 сухо خشک انداز میں khô khan 枯躁无味地
ˈdryness noun
droogheid جَفاف въздържаност secura suchost die Trockenheit tørhed ξηρασία sequedad kuivus خشکی kuivuus sécheresse יובש सूखापन suhoća szárazság kekeringan þurrkur; þurrleiki aridità, secchezza 乾燥 건조함 sausumas sausums kekeringan droogte tørrhet, tørke suchość, jałowość وچوالى secura uscăciune сухость suchosť suša suvoća torka, torrhet ความแห้ง kuruluk 乾 сухість خشکی sự khô cằn 干
ˌdry-ˈclean verb
to clean (clothes etc) with chemicals, not with water. droogskoonmaak يُنَظِّف على النّاشِف химическо чистене lavar a seco čistit chemicky chemisch reinigen tørrens καθαρίζω με στεγνό καθάρισμα limpiar en seco keemiliselt puhastama خشک شویی کردن kuivapestä nettoyer à sec 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 드라이 클리닝하다 chemiškai valyti ķīmiski tīrīt basuh kering stomen rense kjemisk, tørrense prać chemicznie كالى پريول 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 terra firme souše trockenes Land landjord; land στεριά tierra firme maa خشکی kuiva maa terre ferme יבשה शुष्क भूमि kopno szárazföld daratan fast land terraferma 陸地 육지 sausuma sauszeme tanah vaste grond fastland, fast grunn ląd stały وچه ځمكه 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 secar(-se) osušit (se), oschnout sich trocknen tørre στεγνώνω secarse ära kuivatama, ära kuivama خشک کردن kuivatella sécher לְהִתייַבֵּש, לְיַבֵּש सुखाना potpuno se osušiti megszárad menjadi kering þerra, þurrka asciugare, asciugarsi 乾かす 완전히 말리다 nudžiūti nožāvēt; nožāvēties keringkan opdrogen tørke wysuszyć وچول secar a (se) usca обсыхать obschnúť osušiti (se) osušiti torka [av] ทําให้แห้ง kuru(t)mak 使完全變乾 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 secar vyschnout austrocknen udtørre 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 وچول secar a seca пересохнуть vyschnúť usahniti presušiti torka ut, bli uttorkad แห้งผาก kurumak 使乾涸,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 esgotar vypotřebovat sich erschöpfen løbe ud εξαντλούμαι agotarse kokku kuivama تمام شدن loppua se tarir לְהִיגָמֵר खत्म होना istrošiti, presahnuti elfogy habis klárast esaurirsi 尽きる 고갈되다 baigtis, išsekti izbeigties digunakan uitgeput raken gå tom, tørke inn zużyć się تماميدل esgotar-se a se epuiza истощиться minúť usahniti nestati ta slut เลิกใช้ tükenmek, kurumak 用盡 вичерпуватися ختم ہو جانا cạn 用完
3. to make dry. The sun dried up the puddles in the road. opdroog يُجَفِّف، يُنَشِّف изсушавам secar vysušit austrocknen tørre αποξηραίνω, στεγνώνω secar ära kuivatama خشک کردن kuivattaa sécher לְיַבֵּש सूखाना osušiti felszárít mengeringkan þurrka asciugare 乾かす 말라붙게 하다 išdžiovinti izžāvēt mengeringkan doen opdrogen tørke(s) inn/ut wysuszyć وچول secar a usca высушить vysušiť posušiti osušiti torka bort ทําให้แห้งผาก kurutmak 使乾掉 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 calar-se ztratit řeč aufhören tabe tråden ξεχνώ τι θέλω να πω quedarse en blanco vait jääma فراموش کردن unohtaa asiansa kesken lauseen 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 (배우가) 대사를 잃어버리다 nutilti apklust; aizmirst tekstu lupa niet meer weten wat te zeggen glemme teksten/det en vil si zamilknąć هيرول calar-se a-şi pierde vorba замолкнуть stratiť reč utihniti zapeti u govoru tystna, bli alldeles tyst ลืมว่าจะพูดอะไร ne söyleyeceğini unutmak 突然語塞 замовчати خطاب وغیرہ کرتے وقت الفاظ بھول جانا không thể nói tiếp được 讲不出话来
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dryness

n. sequedad; aridez.
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dryness

n sequedad f, resequedad f
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