Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To dry up; become dry.

  2. (transitive)To dry up; make dry.

Origin

From Middle English fordrien, fordruien, fordruȝen, from Old English fordrūgian (“to becom

From Middle English fordrien, fordruien, fordruȝen, from Old English fordrūgian (“to become dry, wither”), equivalent to for- + dry.

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Forms

fordries, fordrying, fordried, fordried
Base formfordry · to fordry
3rd person singularfordries
Present participlefordrying
Past simplefordried
Past participlefordried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfordry
he, she, itfordries

Past simpleLesson

all personsfordried

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fordry

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
forcepsforciblyfordfore

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