dry
dry is a 3-letter English word with 32 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- superlative. 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.
- superlative. Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
- superlative. Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
- superlative. Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
- superlative. Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
- superlative. Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.
- superlative. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.
- superlative. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.
- superlative. Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.
- adjective. To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.
- intransitive verb. To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.
- intransitive verb. To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up.
- intransitive verb. To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.
- noun. a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- verb. remove the moisture from and make dry
"dry clothes"
"dry hair"
- verb. become dry or drier
"The laundry dries in the sun"
- adjective. 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"
- adjective. having a large proportion of strong liquor
"a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
- adjective. without a mucous or watery discharge
"a dry cough"
"that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
- adjective. humorously sarcastic or mocking
"dry humor"
"an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"
- 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"
- adjective. used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
"dry weight"
- adjective. lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless- John Mason Brown
"a dry book"
"a dry lecture filled with trivial details"
- adjective. (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
"a dry white burgundy"
"a dry Bordeaux"
- adjective. not shedding tears
"dry sobs"
"with dry eyes"
- adjective. free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
"dry land"
"dry clothes"
- 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"
Synonyms
prohibitionist, teetotal, ironic, ironical, wry, juiceless
Common word forms
drys, dried, drier, dries, drily, dryer, dryly, driest, dryest, drying, dryable, dryness
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