dry

The process by which something is dried.

“This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry.”

A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).

(with "the") The dry season.

An area of waterless country.

(UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

To lose moisture.

“The clothes dried on the line.”

To remove moisture from.

“Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.”

To be thirsty.

To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.

Free from or lacking moisture.

“This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?”

Unable to produce a liquid, as water, oil, or (farming) milk.

“This well is as dry as that cow.”

Built without or lacking mortar.

Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.

“Dry alcohol is 200 proof.”

Athirst, eager.

Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.

“Of course it's a dry house. He was an alcoholic but he's been dry for almost a year now.”

Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.

“You'll have to drive out of this dry county to find any liquor.”

Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:

(somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.

(of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects.

Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.

“never dry fire a bow; dry humping her girlfriend; making a dry run”

Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.