📖 Check word in Dictionary: DRY

Noun

• Synonyms: (n) dry, prohibitionist (a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages)

Verb

• Synonyms: (v) dry, dry out (remove the moisture from and make dry) “dry clothes”; “dry hair”
• Synonyms: (v) dry, dry out (become dry or drier) “The laundry dries in the sun”

Adjective

• Synonyms: (adj) dry (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”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry, ironic, ironical, wry (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”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry (lacking moisture or volatile components) “dry paint”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry (opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages) “the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers”; “a dry state”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry (not producing milk) “a dry cow”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry ((of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation) “a dry white burgundy”; “a dry Bordeaux”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry (without a mucous or watery discharge) “a dry cough”; “that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry (not shedding tears) “dry sobs”; “with dry eyes”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry, juiceless (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
• Synonyms: (adj) dry (used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones) “dry weight”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry (unproductive especially of the expected results) “a dry run”; “a mind dry of new ideas”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry (having no adornment or coloration) “dry facts”; “rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry ((of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish) “dry toast”; “dry meat”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry (having a large proportion of strong liquor) “a very dry martini is almost straight gin”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry (lacking warmth or emotional involvement) “a dry greeting”; “a dry reading of the lines”; “a dry critique”
• Synonyms: (adj) dry, teetotal (practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages) “he’s been dry for ten years”; “no thank you; I happen to be teetotal”

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2024.

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