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Dry off

To become or make dry.

📖 Definitions of "Dry off"

verb
  1. 1

    To become or make dry.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dry off"

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WordDefinition
dry upverb(intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
dry outverb(colloquial, ambitransitive, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.
fordryverb(intransitive) To dry up; become dry.
desiccateverb(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree.
dehydrate(transitive) To remove water from; to dry up.
updryverb(intransitive, obsolete) To dry up.
drip-drynounA clothing item that can be washed and drip-dried.
air-dryverb(transitive) To dry by exposure to the air.
towel offverb(transitive and intransitive) To dry (oneself or another person or thing) completely, using a towel.
undrynoun(rare) Not dry.
run dryverb(figurative) To run out; to be fully consumed; to expire.
towelnounA cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
roughdryverb(transitive) In laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.
damp-dryverbTo dry something until it is only damp.
wet downverb(transitive) To make (something) wet, especially as a preliminary step in cleaning it.
dessicateverbMisspelling of desiccate. [(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree.]
redrynounTo dry again
sun-dryverb(transitive) To dry in the sun, especially food.
drainnoun(chiefly US, Canada) A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
siccateverb(transitive, obsolete) To dry.

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