dried
Americanverb
verb
Other Word Forms
Explanation
Something that's dried isn't wet anymore. Dried ink on a page can't be smudged. The dried tears on your cheek are nothing but salty patches, and dried concrete on the sidewalk is completely solid — you can't leave a handprint in it. Some things are deliberately dried, with all moisture removed from them. Dried apricots and sun dried tomatoes, for example, are dehydrated so they become dense, sweet, and chewy. Dried has a Germanic root, dreug, which means "dry."
Example Sentences
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With other hantaviruses, infections occur when a person is exposed to or inhales the dried droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
After Eckardt refused, he alleges that his contract opportunities with Amazon dried up.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
One problem for cryptos is that liquidity has dried up, because other risk-on assets have offered sizable returns in recent weeks.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
It typically spreads from rodents through dried urine and droppings.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Feeling a lot better, he rummaged in his pack for one of the rolls of dried roe buck that he’d prepared – what seemed like moons ago.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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