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Dry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dried p. pr. & vb. n. Drying.] To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.
To dry up. (a) To scorch or parch with thirst; to deprive utterly of water; to consume.
Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. -- Is. v. 13.
The water of the sea, which formerly covered it, was in time exhaled and dried up by the sun. --Woodward.
(b) To make to cease, as a stream of talk.
Their sources of revenue were dried up. -- Jowett (Thucyd. )
-- To dry a cow, or To dry up a cow, to cause a cow to cease secreting milk.
Dried imp. & p. p. of Dry. Also adj.; as, dried apples.
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dried
adj 1: not still wet; "the ink has dried"; "a face marked with
dried tears"
2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried
fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated
coconut meat" [syn: dehydrated, desiccated]
dry
adj 1: free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal
moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry
land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery
boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" [ant: wet]
2: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an
ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish
wit" [syn: ironic, ironical, wry]
3: opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of
alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and
bootleggers"; "a dry state" [ant: wet]
4: not producing milk; "a dry cow" [ant: wet]
5: (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar
during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy" [ant: sweet]
6: without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that
rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry
nose" [ant: phlegmy]
7: not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
8: lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "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 [syn: juiceless]
9: used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry
weight"
10: unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry
run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
11: having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off
the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
12: (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish;
"dry toast"; "dry meat"
13: suffering from fluid deprivation; "his mouth was dry"
14: having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry
martini is almost straight gin"
15: lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting";
"a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"
16: practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages;
"he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to
be teetotal" [syn: teetotal]
n : a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
[syn: prohibitionist]
v 1: remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry
hair" [syn: dry out] [ant: wet]
2: become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" [syn: dry
out]
[also: dried, dryest, dryer, driest, drier]