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(verb) remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair" |
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Synonyms: dry out |
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Related Words: air, alter, blow-dry, change, dehumidify, dehydrate, desicate, dessicate, drip-dry, dry up, parch, rough-dry, scorch, sear, spin-dry, spray-dry, tumble |
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Antonyms: wet |
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(verb) become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" |
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Synonyms: dry out |
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Related Words: change, dry out, run dry |
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(satellite adjective) practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal" |
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Synonyms: teetotal |
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(satellite adjective) lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique" |
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(satellite adjective) having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin" |
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(adjective) without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose" |
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Antonyms: phlegmy |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: ironic, ironical, wry |
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(satellite adjective) suffering from fluid deprivation; "his mouth was dry" |
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(satellite adjective) (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat" |
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(satellite adjective) having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner" |
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(satellite adjective) unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas" |
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(satellite adjective) used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight" |
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(satellite adjective) 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 |
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Synonyms: juiceless |
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(adjective) (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy" |
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Antonyms: sweet |
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(satellite adjective) not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes" |
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(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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Antonyms: wet |
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(adjective) not producing milk; "a dry cow" |
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Antonyms: wet |
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(adjective) opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state" |
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Antonyms: wet |
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(noun) opposes intoxicating beverages |
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Synonyms: prohibitionist |
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Related Words: crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, resister |
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