dried-up
Americanadjective
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depleted of water or moisture; gone dry.
a dried-up water hole.
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shriveled with age; wizened.
a dried-up old mule skinner.
Etymology
Origin of dried-up
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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Dried up and brown as they were, the face was still distinctly recognisable, and as I gazed I sprang back with a cry of horror and astonishment.
From Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance by Boothby, Guy
Hath the terrific Furies' grisly band Dried up the blood of life within thy veins?
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Francke, Kuno
Dried up the warrior's throat is, All shatter'd too, his head: Still is the epiglottis— The warrior is dead.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James
She never wept; That fire which lit her eye and flushed her cheek Dried up, it seemed, her tears: the neighbours round Called her "the lady of the happy marriage."
From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey
Are all the Aonian1 springs Dried up? lies Thespia waste?
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James
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