📖 Definitions of "Drying"
verb
- 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.
noun
- 1
The act of drying.
- 2
A method of food preservation by removing water.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Drying"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bone-dry | (idiomatic) Totally dry; without moisture. |
| tearless | Without tears. |
| serenoun | (archaic or literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry. |
| rainless | Without rain. |
| dry-eyed | Not having shed tears. |
| milkless | Without milk. |
| juiceless | Without juice or sap. |
| dry-shod | With one's footwear dry, not in or under water, usually referring to walking on ground which at another time, or usually, is covered with deep water. |
| unstimulating | That does not stimulate |
| unemotional | Showing little or no feeling. |
| unexciting | Not exciting. |
| unproductive | Not productive; useless; fruitless. |
| soberverb | Not drunk; not intoxicated. |
| unsweet | Not sweet. |
| teetotalnoun | Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol. |
| ironical | Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony. |
| ironic | (of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony. |
| withered | Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water. |
| shrivelled | Collapsed in size. |
| shriveled | Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant. |
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🏷️ Nouns for "Drying"
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