English | German | Russian | Czech
Englishfor English speakers
Englishas a second language
ADJECTIVE dry COMPARATIVE drier SUPERLATIVE driest
A2

dry English

Meaning dry meaning

What does dry mean?
Definitions in simple English

dry Adjective

— If something is dry, it has no water or liquid on it. The Sahara desert is dry.

dry Verb

— To make something less wet. The clothes dried in the sun. I dried myself after my bath.

dry

— adjective 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 — verb remove the moisture from and make dry dry clothes dry hair — verb become dry or drier The laundry dries in the sun — adjective (= ironic, ironical, wry) 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 — adjective not producing milk a dry cow — adjective opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers a dry state — adjective lacking moisture or volatile components dry paint — adjective not shedding tears dry sobs with dry eyes — adjective (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation a dry white burgundy a dry Bordeaux — adjective used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones dry weight — adjective (= juiceless) 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 — adjective without a mucous or watery discharge a dry cough that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose — adjective having a large proportion of strong liquor a very dry martini is almost straight gin — adjective (= teetotal) practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages he's been dry for ten years no thank you; I happen to be teetotal — adjective lacking warmth or emotional involvement a dry greeting a dry reading of the lines a dry critique — adjective (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish dry toast dry meat — adjective having no adornment or coloration dry facts rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner — adjective unproductive especially of the expected results a dry run a mind dry of new ideas — noun a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

Synonyms dry synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as dry?

dry English » English

arid dry up dry out dried become dry make dry parched desiccate barren wipe thirsty hard dried up withered waterless sun dehydrate wither wipe dry wilt sapless parch dried-out drain air prohibitionist insipid dryness droughty dehydrated dead bare warm toast stale set out rough field drought crisp brittle wry wipe away very dry thin teetotal strain stiff sterile smoke

Topics dry topics

What do people use dry to talk about?
Universe, creation Water Wet

Dry
Daily life Cleaning

Wash clothes
Universe, creation Sky

Sun
Universe, creation Sky

Air
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Drought
Universe, creation World

Solid, liquid, gas
Universe, creation Plant

Growth of plants
Person Body

Skin
Person Body functions

Sweat

  • What happens to sweat?
    dry
Person Sense, perceive

Taste
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Cry, tear
Daily life Food Food preparation

Food storage
Daily life Adornment

Care for hair
Work and occupation Agriculture Growing crops Growing grass

Growing tobacco
Work and occupation Agriculture Growing crops Growing trees

Growing coconuts
Work and occupation Agriculture Growing crops Growing trees

Growing coffee
Work and occupation Agriculture

Process harvest
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Fishing
States Quantity Full

Empty
States Quality Good Decay

Preserve
Universe, creation Plant

Parts of a plant
Universe, creation Sky

Weather
Universe, creation World

Land
Universe, creation Water Bodies of water

River
Universe, creation Water Bodies of water

Island, shore
Universe, creation Plant

Moss, fungus, algae
Person Body functions

Spit, saliva

  • What words refer to not having any saliva in your mouth?
    mouth is dry
Social behavior Social activity

Humor
Work and occupation Hunt and fish Fishing

Fish with net
States Big Big area

Big container, volume
States Quality Good

Decay
States Time Period of time

Season

Conjugation dry conjugation

How do you conjugate dry?

dry · verb

Examples dry examples

How do I use dry in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Are my socks dry already?
Dry wood burns quickly.
I have a dry cough.
He was thirsty enough to drink a well dry.
She has dry hair.
Store in a cool and dry place.
People were devouring, not eating, but literally devouring the dry overcooked meat.
The river ran dry totally.
Tom is waiting for the floor to dry up.
Cut, wash and dry, please.
The hot sun baked the ground dry.
Dry sand absorbs water.
Bring me a dry towel.
Keep your cigarettes dry.
My throat feels dry.
Dry your face with a towel.
The tar won't come off. I'm going to have to take this skirt to the dry cleaner.
The man died of thirst in a dry country.
The well is dry.
I will dry your T-shirt.
Your T-shirt will dry soon.
It rained after it had been dry for many weeks.
The well has run dry.

Movie subtitles

With this. we can finally sweep away the parasites who were sucking Prince Clovis dry.
With an atmosphere of water vapour and carbon dioxide, this cycle kept going and going and the runaway greenhouse effect has left Venus dry, lifeless, and a scorching 480 degrees Celsius.
Okay, but you're right about this, actually, it has a lot of dry goods on it, it actually could be useful for my earthquake kit, - so I will keep this.
If the artificial silk is too clingy over pantyhose, and the Crimplene shift makes me look like a librarian -- thank you, Valerie -- then I really only have the ice blue Lurex and that's still at the dry cleaners.
You'll watch paint dry all night if she asks you to.
Dude, this is a dry cleaners, not a strip club.
You want me to threaten a dry cleaner?
No, I'm at a dry cleaner on 41st and 6th.
Dry cleaning?
Dry your tears, dear, and hasten -- you must make ready for your performance!
Not even about myself. I'm only proud of my dry eyes.
It'll take till midnight to dry our clothes.
One shot'll dry you out quicker than all the coffee in Java.
These may not be exactly your size but at least they're dry.
Ha! It took me hours to get dry.
Do you think I'll spend my whole life in this dry rot just so the rest of the world can ride around on balloon tires? - Sure you will.
There won't be a dry blanket in the outfit. No, it's tough enough for a man.
Could I take your coat and hat, sir, and give 'em a nice dry in the kitchen?
You can take my overcoat and dry it.
I think I'd better go and get some dry clothes on.
The dry martini you always shake to waltz time.
Don't bother. it'll dry in front of the fire just as well.
Dry these.
Just as soon as my pants are dry, we'll formulate our plans.
Not dry behind the ears yet.
HOW HE WOULD CHARM HIS WAY INTO THEIR LIVES, SUCK THEM DRY, AND THEN JUST DISAPPEAR.
Hmm! It'll take till midnight to dry our clothes.
Dry yourself.
The best fertiliser is made by the Hurdanos themselves from the dry leaves of the strawberry tree.
In summer the water courses run almost dry. This leads to malaria brought by anophelese mosquitos.
Sir Walter Raleigh, spreading his cloak in the mud. so that Queen Elizabeth might walk dry-shod.
We'll dry it for you.
We were just waiting for you before we served the biscuits dry as the duchess's pussy.
Don't bother. It'll dry in front of the fire just as well. Thanks all the same.
They should dry quickly.
Shimbei Furusawa, owner of one of the largest dry goods stores in Kyoto, is asking little old me for spending money.

News and current affairs

Only when more parents, teachers, and community leaders behave likewise will recruitment of terrorists dry up and law-enforcement authorities receive full cooperation from the populations they police.
Flags are flown in hope of victory, but also serve to dry the tears of defeat.
One morning, I was taken to a dry riverbed at the village's edge.
They explained that until recently this was a perennial river - one that flows throughout the year - but now the river stops flowing during the dry season.
Deserts and dry regions are becoming drier.
If water can be managed through irrigation, this could be combined with multi-cropping (multiple harvests per year) to produce a crop during the dry season.
Such costs are precisely why impecunious countries such as Greece face massive social and economic displacement when financial markets lose confidence and capital flows suddenly dry up.
There are families today near Xian, in what was the heartland of the Tang Dynasty Empire, with two-acre dry wheat farms and a single goat.
Norway would be able to sell its hydropower and secure a backup supply should climate change leave it running dry.
Americans eat more often in restaurants, make ample use of laundry, dry-cleaning, and shopping services, and hire nannies to take care of young infants.
The immediate cause of this disaster is clear: the rains have failed for two years running in the dry regions of East Africa.
Deposits of hot dry rocks are common, and large amounts of heat are within reach in many places.
AMSTERDAM - In the Mekong Delta, farmers obtain 6-7 tons of rice per hectare in dry seasons and 4-5 tons per hectare in wet seasons, using fast-maturing rice varieties that allow up to three consecutive yields annually.
Although precipitation may be affected, higher temperatures would enable agricultural production in colder regions, and CO2 is known to bolster plant growth, even in dry areas.
The standard daily ration is 150-300 grams (5-10 ounces) of corn or rice (equivalent to roughly four slices of dry bread), depending on the location.
Others, including those that were becoming the new frontier in emerging markets, may see their access to foreign capital dry up.
Relatively prosperous Europeans tend not to purchase a car merely to get from point A to point B, shoes to keep their feet dry, a watch just to tell the time, or a bottle of water only to quench their thirst.
As a result, intra-European trade and support for European institutions, having soared in the previous two decades, began to decline practically before the ink on the Maastricht Treaty was dry.
Such efforts, Zheng reports, have involved some 6,533 cannons, 5,939 rocket launchers, and numerous aircraft in an attempt to seed clouds across one-third of China's landmass with dry ice, ammonia, and silver iodide.
America's traditional sources of influence - its soft power, regional alliances, and financial leverage - appear to be running dry.
Wordcyclopedia Gutes Wörterbuch Толстый словарь Dobrý slovník
Sources WordNet, Open Multilingual Wordnet, Wiktionary, Dbnary, Panlex, FreeLing, Tatoeba, OpenSubtitles.org, Project Syndicate, OPUS, Kelly Project, SIL Semantic Domains
Contact info@wordcyclopedia.com
Creative Commons BY-SA