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| 1. | [ adjective ] free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet | |
| Examples: | "dry land" "dry clothes" "a dry climate" "dry splintery boards" "a dry river bed" "the paint is dry" |
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| Related terms: | wet dried adust desiccated thirsty sere rainless semiarid dry-shod air-dried air-dry dried-up bone-dry bone-dry arid wetness | |
| 2. | [ verb ] remove the moisture from and make dry | |
| Synonyms: | dry_out | |
| Examples: | "dry clothes" "dry hair" |
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| Related terms: | wet change dehydrate parch rough-dry spray-dry spin-dry blow-dry drip-dry tumble_dry air dehydrate dehumidify tumble | |
| 3. | [ verb ] become dry or drier | |
| Synonyms: | dry_out | |
| Examples: | "The laundry dries in the sun" |
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| Related terms: | change scorch run_dry desiccant | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] humorously sarcastic or mocking | |
| Synonyms: | ironical wry ironic | |
| Examples: | "dry humor" "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely" "an ironic novel" "an ironical smile" "with a wry Scottish wit" |
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| Related terms: | humorous | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] suffering from fluid deprivation | |
| Examples: | "his mouth was dry" |
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| Related terms: | thirsty | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish | |
| Examples: | "dry toast" "dry meat" |
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| Related terms: | plain | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] not shedding tears | |
| Examples: | "dry sobs" "with dry eyes" |
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| Related terms: | tearless | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] not producing milk | |
| Examples: | "a dry cow" |
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| Related terms: | wet milkless | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] having no adornment or coloration | |
| Examples: | "dry facts" "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner" |
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| Related terms: | plain | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] lacking warmth or emotional involvement | |
| Examples: | "a dry greeting" "a dry reading of the lines" "a dry critique" |
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| Related terms: | unemotional | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages | |
| Synonyms: | teetotal | |
| Examples: | "he's been dry for ten years" "no thank you I happen to be teetotal" |
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| Related terms: | sober | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones | |
| Examples: | "dry weight" |
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| Related terms: | solid | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] unproductive especially of the expected results | |
| Examples: | "a dry run" "a mind dry of new ideas" |
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| Related terms: | unproductive | |
| 14. | [ adjective ] lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless | |
| Synonyms: | juiceless | |
| Examples: | "a dry book" "a dry lecture filled with trivial details" "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown |
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| Related terms: | unstimulating | |
| 15. | [ adjective ] (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation | |
| Examples: | "a dry white burgundy" |
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| Related terms: | sweet brut sec sour sugarless | |
| 16. | [ adjective ] without a mucous or watery discharge | |
| Examples: | "a dry cough" "that rare thing in the wintertime a small child with a dry nose" |
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| Related terms: | phlegmy | |
| 17. | [ adjective ] having a large proportion of strong liquor | |
| Examples: | "a very dry martini is almost straight gin" |
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| Related terms: | alcoholic | |
| 18. | [ adjective ] opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages | |
| Examples: | "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers" "a dry state" |
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| Related terms: | wet | |
| 19. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 14923 | |
| 20. | [ noun ] (politics) a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages | |
| Synonyms: | prohibitionist | |
| Related terms: | reformer frances_elizabeth_caroline_willard carry_amelia_moore_nation | |
| Similar spelling: |
Drye Drey Dray Dr. Drew draw |
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