dry
pronunciation
How to pronounce dry in British English:
UK [draɪ]
How to pronounce dry in American English:
US [draɪ]
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- Noun:
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
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- Verb:
- remove the moisture from and make dry
- become dry or drier
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- Adjective:
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not producing milk
- (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- not shedding tears
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- having no adornment or coloration
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- suffering from fluid deprivation
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
Word Origin
- dry
- dry: [OE] Dry comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic *draugiz, a derivative of the base *draug-, *drūg-, which also produced English drought and drain. Its other Germanic relatives are Dutch droog and German trocken, and some have connected it with Old Norse drjūgr ‘lasting, strong’, Old Prussian drūktai ‘firmly’, and Lithuanian dialect drūktas ‘thick, strong’ – the theory being that strength and endurance are linked with ‘drying out’.=> drain, drought
- dry (adj.)
- Old English dryge, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (cognates: Middle Low German dröge, Middle Dutch druge, Dutch droog, Old High German trucchon, German trocken, Old Norse draugr), from Germanic root *dreug- "dry." Meaning "barren" is mid-14c. Of humor or jests, early 15c. (implied in dryly); as "uninteresting, tedious" from 1620s. Of places prohibiting alcoholic drink, 1870 (but dry feast, one at which no liquor is served, is from late 15c.; colloquial dry (n.) "prohibitionist" is 1888, American English). Dry goods (1708) were those measured out in dry, not liquid, measure. Dry land (that not under the sea) is from early 13c. Dry run is from 1940s.
- dry (v.)
- Old English drygan, related to dry (adj.). Related: Dried; drying. Of the two agent noun spellings, drier is the older (1520s), while dryer (1874) was first used of machines. Dry out in the drug addiction sense is from 1967. Dry up "stop talking" is 1853.
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Example
- 1. Beijing residents are used to dry weather .
- 2. My hands are so dry and rough !
- 3. To help a frostbite victim , get the person to a warm , dry place and remove constrictive clothing .
- 4. One of the main water sources outside moyale in kenya runs dry .
- 5. In the dry south-western part of california 's central valley , almond-growers are resorting to desperate measures .