dry up
To become dry; to lose waterTo become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
» If it doesn't rain soon, our garden is going to dry up.
Wenn es nicht bald regnet, wird unser Garten austrocknen.
Если в ближайшее время не будет дождя, наш сад засохнет.
Якщо в найближчий час не піде дощ, наш сад висохне.
Meaning
8 senses(intransitive)To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
I'll go shopping when it dries up.
Last summer the lake completely dried up.
lose water or moisture
(transitive)To cause to become dry.
The heatwave dried up all the rivers.
austrocknen, trockenlegen, austrocknen
(ambitransitive, intransitive)To manually dry dishes and utensils.
I'll dry up if you wash up.
(transitive)To deprive someone of (something vital).
The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales.
(intransitive)To gradually decrease and eventually cease.
When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs.
After the stock market crash, the easy financing dried up.
(intransitive)To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment.
To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
(intransitive)To forget one's lines.
To stop talking or drop a topic.
Oh, dry up, you old fuddy-duddy!
Examples
60 sentencesIf it doesn't rain soon, our garden is going to dry up.
Якщо в найближчий час не піде дощ, наш сад висохне.
ruЕсли в ближайшее время не будет дождя, наш сад засохнет.
deWenn es nicht bald regnet, wird unser Garten austrocknen.
Tom picked the dry cleaning up on his way home.
The pond dried up last summer.
ruПруд пересох прошлым летом.
deDer Teich ist im letzten Sommer ausgetrocknet.
The pond dried up in hot weather.
ruПруд высох в жаркую погоду.
This river dries up in the summer.
ruЭта река летом пересыхает.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Forms
dries up, drying up, dried up, dried upPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
9 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb