dry
/dɹaɪ//dɹaɪ/noun
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The process by which something is dried.
Example: This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry.
A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
(with "the") The dry season.
An area of waterless country.
verb
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To lose moisture.
Example: The clothes dried on the line.
To remove moisture from.
Example: Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
To be thirsty.
To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
adjective
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Free from or lacking moisture.
Example: This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?
Unable to produce a liquid, as water, oil, or (farming) milk.
Example: This well is as dry as that cow.
Built without or lacking mortar.
Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
Example: Dry alcohol is 200 proof.