dried

[drahyd]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of dry.

dried

/ draɪd /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of dry

Other Word Forms

• half-dried adjective
• undried adjective
• well-dried adjective

Example Sentences

More ominously, hiring has dried up and employment might even be shrinking.

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There’s always a danger that companies will over-automate, a trap that has sent many a firm into bankruptcy when recession kicked in, demand dried up and equipment weighed on balance sheets.

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Despite the Lumen pitch being watered manually at half time, Enrique said it dried in just 10 minutes.

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The land is brown, the seasonal lagoon has dried up, and no one is out walking.

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JLR has announced a programme to fast-track payments to its direct suppliers, some of which have laid off workers after their revenues dried up following the hack.

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Related Words

• dehydrated www.thesaurus.com
• dry 
• preserved