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verb

1. 1

   To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.

   “I'll go shopping when it dries up.”

2. 2

   To cause to become dry.

   “The heatwave dried up all the rivers.”

3. 3

   To manually dry dishes.

4. 4

   To deprive someone of (something vital).

   “The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales.”

5. 5

   To cease to exist; to disappear

   “When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs.”

6. 6

   To stop talking; to forget what one was going to say.

   “This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment.”