Words Like DRY
We have put together a list of words that are similar to DRY.
20 Alternative Words Similar to dry
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Roughdry
Verb Hyponym
10 examples of dry
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dry wood or hay
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the cow is dry
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a dry tone or manner; dry wit.
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to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.
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the road dries rapidly
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the stream dries, or dries up
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a dry climate
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the paint is dry
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dry splintery boards
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dry clothes
10 definitions of dry
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Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
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Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green.
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Of animals: Not giving milk.
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Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
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Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
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Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.
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Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.
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Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint
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Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.
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To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate