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   dry

   /drʌɪ/

   adjective

   • 1. free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist: "the jacket kept me warm and dry" Similar parcheddriedwitheredshrivelledwiltedwizenedcrispcrispybrittledehydrateddesiccatedsun-bakedsaplessjuicelessOpposite fresh
   • ▪ (of paint, ink, etc.) having lost all wetness or moisture over a period of time: "wait until the paint is dry"
   • ▪ for use without liquid: "the conversion of dry latrines into the flushing type"
   • ▪ with little or no rainfall or humidity: "the West Coast has had two dry winters in a row" Similar aridparchedscorchedbakedburneddried up/outtorridhotsizzlingburningwaterlessmoisturelessrainlessdehydrateddesiccatedthirstyas dry as a bonebone dryas dry as dustrare:droughtytorrefiedOpposite wet
   • ▪ (of a river, lake, or stream) empty of water as a result of lack of rainfall: "the river is always dry at this time of year" Similar waterlessdried outempty
   • ▪ (of a source) not yielding a supply of water or oil: "a dry well"
   • ▪ thirsty or thirst-making: "working in the hot sun is making me dry" Similar thirstydehydratedlonging for a drinkinformal:parchedgaspingthirst-makingthirst-provokingthirstyhotstrenuousarduousheavytiringexhausting
   • ▪ (of a cow or other domestic animal) no longer producing milk: "the rye has been strip-grazed by dry cows"
   • ▪ without grease or other moisturizer or lubricator: "cream conditioners for dry hair"
   • ▪ (of bread or toast) without butter or other spreads: "only dry bread and water" Similar unbutteredplainbutterless
   • ▪ (of noodles) not served in a soup, but in a sauce or with dry ingredients: SE Asian "customers can choose to have their noodles in the soup or opt for a dry version"
   • 2. (of information, writing, etc.) dealing primarily with facts and presented in a dull, uninteresting way: "he not only avoids dry accounts of regimes and rulers, but enables the reader to feel how the substance of daily life has changed" Similar baresimplebasicfundamentalstarknakedbaldcoldhardstraightforwardunadornedunembellisheddulluninterestingboringunexcitingtedioustiresomewearisomedrearymonotonousdry as dustaridunimaginativesterileflatblandinsipidlacklustrestodgycolourlesslifelessprosaicrun-of-the-millhumdrummundanecommonplaceworkadayquotidianroutinevapidstiffleadenwoodeninformal:deadlysameydreichOpposite embellishedinterestinglively
   • ▪ unemotional, undemonstrative, or impassive: "it transformed him from a dry administrator into the people's hero" Similar unemotionalindifferentundemonstrativeimpassivecoolcoldclinicalpassionlessemotionlessaloofreservedremotedistantrestrainedimpersonalformalstiffrigidwoodenstarchyOpposite emotionalexpressive
   • 3. (of a joke or sense of humour) subtle and expressed in a matter-of-fact way: "he delighted his friends with a dry, covert sense of humour" Similar wrysubtlelow-keylaconicslysharpdeadpanstraight-facedpoker-facedironicsardonicsarcasticcynicalmordantbitingsatiricalmockingscoffingdrollwaggishinformal:sarky
   • 4. prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic drink: "the country is strictly dry, in accordance with Islamic law" Similar Prohibitionistteetotalalcohol-freenon-drinkingabstinentcleansoberinformal:on the wagonstraight
   • ▪ (of a person) no longer addicted to or drinking alcohol: "I heard much talk about how sobriety was more than staying straight or dry"
   • 5. (of an alcoholic drink) not sweet: "a dry, medium-bodied red wine" Similar crispsharppiquantnot sweettartbitterOpposite sweet
   • 6. relating to political ‘dries’; rigidly monetarist. British Similar monetaristarch-conservativeright-wingreactionarysupply-sideinformal:true-blueOpposite wetleft-wing

   verb

   • 1. become dry: "allow 24 hours for the paint to dry"
   • ▪ cause to become dry: "they had washed and dried their hair" Similar make drydry out/upparchscorchsearbakedehydratedesiccatedehumidifydry offtoweltowel-dryrubmop upblot upsoak upabsorbsop upclean updrainOpposite moisten
   • ▪ wipe tears from (the eyes): "she dried her eyes and blew her nose" Similar wipewipe tears fromrubdab
   • ▪ preserve by allowing or encouraging evaporation of moisture from: "I use several methods to dry the flowers and foliage I use in my arrangements" Similar dry updehydratedesiccatewithershrivelwiltwizenmummifydesiccatedehydrateremove the moisture frompreservecuresmokeOpposite moisten
   • 2. forget one's lines: theatrical slang "a colleague of mine once dried in the middle of a scene"

   noun

   • 1. the process or an instance of drying.
   • 2. a dry or covered place.
   • ▪ the dry season: Australian "the grass was yellowing and the dry had started"
   • ▪ a tract of waterless country: Australian "the forty-mile dry"
   • 3. a Conservative politician (especially in the 1980s) in favour of strict monetarist policies. British
   • 4. a person in favour of the prohibition of alcohol: US "evangelical dries had seen to it that the nearest bottle of whiskey was miles away"

   Word Origin Old Englishdrȳge (adjective), drȳgan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German dröge, Dutch droog, and German trocken.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dryish adjective

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   How do you know if something is dry?

   • If something is dry, there is no water or moisture on it or in it. Clean the metal with a soft dry cloth. Pat it dry with a soft towel. Once the paint is dry, apply a coat of the red ochre emulsion paint. The path was dry and slithery from the drought. ...the parched dryness of the air. When something dries or when you dry it, it becomes dry.

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   What is the difference between dry and arid?

   • SYNONYMS 1. dry, arid both mean without moisture. dry is the general word indicating absence of water or freedom from moisture: a dry well; dry clothes. arid suggests great or intense dryness in a region or climate, esp. such as results in bareness or in barrenness: arid tracts of desert. 20. tedious, barren, boring, tiresome, jejune. 29.

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   What does it mean if the weather is dry?

   • If the weather is dry, there is very little water in the air and no chance of rain. The book is packed with information but it is a little dry. [ I ] I can’t go out until my hair dries. [ T ] The woman dried her hands on a towel and returned to the table. [ I ] If you don’t keep food covered, it dries out. What is the pronunciation of dry?

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