📖 Definitions of "Dry"
- 1
The process by which something is dried.
"This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry."
- 2
A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- 3
(with "the") The dry season.
- 4
An area of waterless country.
- 1
To lose moisture.
"The clothes dried on the line."
- 2
To remove moisture from.
"Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief."
- 3
To be thirsty.
- 4
To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
- 1
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?"
- 2
Unable to produce a liquid, as water, oil, or (farming) milk.
"This well is as dry as that cow."
- 3
Built without or lacking mortar.
- 4
Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
"Dry alcohol is 200 proof."
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