Meaning

4 senses

  1. (intransitive)To lose moisture.

    The clothes dried on the line.

    The fruit dried in the dehydrator.

    trocknen, abtrocknen, abdroggne

    суши́тьsušítʹ, вы́сушитьvýsušitʹ, вытира́тьvytirátʹ

    суши́тиsušýty, посуши́тиposušýty, вису́шуватиvysúšuvaty

    remove the moisture from and make dry

  2. (transitive)To remove moisture from.

    Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.

    We dried the fruit in the dehydrator.

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

    trocknen

    со́хнутьsóxnutʹ, высыха́тьvysyxátʹ, вы́сохнутьvýsoxnutʹ

    со́хнутиsóxnuty

    become dry or drier

  4. (informal, intransitive)For an actor to forget their lines while performing.

Examples

1129 sentences

  1. I hope the weather will be dry.

    Сподіваюсь що погода буде суха. — older

    ruЯ надеюсь на сухую погоду. — Karok

    deIch hoffe, das Wetter wird trocken sein. — Matteo

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  2. If it doesn't rain soon, our garden is going to dry up.

    Якщо в найближчий час не піде дощ, наш сад висохне. — deniko

    ruЕсли в ближайшее время не будет дождя, наш сад засохнет. — odexed

    deWenn es nicht bald regnet, wird unser Garten austrocknen. — Zaghawa

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  3. Tom was left high and dry.

    Тома лишили у складному становищі. — deniko

    ruТома оставили в затруднительном положении. — sharptoothed

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  4. Tom left us high and dry.

    Том залишив нас у складному становищі. — deniko

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  5. I hope that the weather will be dry.

    Сподіваюсь що погода буде суха. — older

    ruЯ надеюсь на сухую погоду. — Karok

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to make dry:
to become dry:
Русский
By meaning 2
to make dry:
to become dry:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make dry:

Origin

Adjective and noun from Middle English drye, dryge, drüȝe, from Old English drȳġe (“dry; p

Adjective and noun from Middle English drye, dryge, drüȝe, from Old English drȳġe (“dry; parched, withered”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgī, *draugī, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz, *draugiz (“dry, hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). The verb derives from Middle English drien, from Old English drȳġan (“to dry”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgijan, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz (“hard, desiccated, dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“strong, hard, solid”).

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Forms

dries, drying, dried, dried
Base formdry · to dry
3rd person singulardries
Present participledrying
Past simpledried
Past participledried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydry
he, she, itdries

Past simpleLesson

all personsdried

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dried
he, she, ithas dried

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dry

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
dehydratedesiccatedry up
Close in meaning
  • remove the moisture from and make dry:dry out
  • become dry or drier:dry out

Antonyms

1 antonyms
wet

Word family

26 related words
Relateddesiccantdesiccatedesiccationdrier
Deriveddryabledrydowndryerdrying agentdrying heightdrying machinedrying oildrying timedrying-updry outdry upfinger-dryfordryfreeze-dryingnondryingoverdryquick-dryingredryself-dryingundryupdrywind-dry

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • dry dog food
  • dried himself off
  • and dried himself
  • dried his hands
  • dried himself
  • dog dry dog
  • dried his hair
  • dried himself with
  • dried the dishes
  • dried myself off
  • dry yet
  • isn't dry yet

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
drunkendrunkennessdryerdrynessdrywall
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