dry

A1
Pronunciation
/dɹaɪ/
/dɹaɪ/
Noun
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

The process by which something is dried.

Example Sentences
  • This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry.
2 Definition

A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).

3 Definition

(with "the") The dry season.

4 Definition

An area of waterless country.

5 Definition

(UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

Antonyms
wet
Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To lose moisture.

Example Sentences
  • The clothes dried on the line.
2 Definition

To remove moisture from.

Example Sentences
  • Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
3 Definition

To be thirsty.

4 Definition

To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

5 Definition

For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.

Adjective
12 definition(s)
1 Definition

Free from or lacking moisture.

Example Sentences
  • This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?
2 Definition

Unable to produce a liquid, as water, oil, or (farming) milk.

Example Sentences
  • This well is as dry as that cow.
3 Definition

Built without or lacking mortar.

4 Definition

Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.

Example Sentences
  • Dry alcohol is 200 proof.
5 Definition

Athirst, eager.

6 Definition

Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.

Example Sentences
  • Of course it's a dry house. He was an alcoholic but he's been dry for almost a year now.
7 Definition

Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.

Example Sentences
  • You'll have to drive out of this dry county to find any liquor.
8 Definition

Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:

9 Definition

(somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.

10 Definition

(of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects.

11 Definition

Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.

Example Sentences
  • never dry fire a bow; dry humping her girlfriend; making a dry run
12 Definition

Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.