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dry
/draɪ/
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  1. verb
    become dry or drier
    "The laundry dries in the sun"

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    dry out
    type of:
    change
  2. noun
    a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

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    prohibitionist
  3. adjective
    lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
    "a dry book" "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"

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    juiceless unstimulating unexciting
  4. adjective
    humorously sarcastic or mocking
    "dry humor"

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    ironic ironical wry humourous humorous
  5. verb
    remove the moisture from and make dry
    "dry clothes" "dry hair"

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    dry out
    Opposite:
    wet
    type of:
    modify change alter
  6. adjective
    practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
    "he's been dry for ten years"

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    teetotal sober
  7. 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"

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    Opposite:
    wet
  8. adjective
    having a large proportion of strong liquor
    "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"

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    alcoholic
  9. adjective
    having no adornment or coloration
    "dry facts" "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"

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    plain
  10. adjective
    lacking warmth or emotional involvement
    "a dry greeting" "a dry reading of the lines" "a dry critique"

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    unemotional
  11. adjective
    not producing milk
    "a dry cow"

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    milkless
    Opposite:
    wet
  12. adjective
    not shedding tears
    "dry sobs" "with dry eyes"

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    tearless dry-eyed
  13. adjective
    (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
    "dry toast" "dry meat"

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    plain
  14. adjective
    (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
    "a dry white burgundy" "a dry Bordeaux"

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    unsweet sec medium-dry brut
    Opposite:
    sweet
  15. adjective
    unproductive especially of the expected results
    "a dry run" "a mind dry of new ideas"

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    unproductive
  16. adjective
    used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
    "dry weight"

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    solid
  17. lacking moisture or volatile components
    "dry paint"
    Opposite:
    wet
  18. opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
    "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers" "a dry state"
    Opposite:
    wet
  19. without a mucous or watery discharge
    "a dry cough" "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
    Opposite:
    phlegmy
Examples of dry
  • "The laundry dries in the sun"
  • "a dry book"
  • "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"
  • "dry humor"
  • "dry clothes"
  • "dry hair"
  • "he's been dry for ten years"
  • "dry land"
  • "a dry climate"
  • "dry splintery boards"
  • "a dry river bed"
  • "the paint is dry"
  • "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
  • "dry facts"
  • "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
  • "a dry greeting"
  • "a dry reading of the lines"
  • "a dry critique"
  • "a dry cow"
  • "dry sobs"
  • "with dry eyes"
  • "dry toast"
  • "dry meat"
  • "a dry white burgundy"
  • "a dry Bordeaux"
  • "a dry run"
  • "a mind dry of new ideas"
  • "dry weight"
  • "dry paint"
  • "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"
  • "a dry state"
  • "a dry cough"
  • "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
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