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

The food bank is particularly in need of jarred sauces, tinned food, and freeze dried food packets.

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Urmia is Iran's largest lake, but has largely dried out leaving a vast salt bed.

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Urmia, in the northwest, is Iran's largest lake, but has largely dried out and turned into a vast salt bed due to drought.

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Coauthor Dr. Michael Stein suggests that mekosuchines may have lost much of their inland habitat as the region dried.

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Holmes’s minute inspection of the painter’s abandoned premises at 7 Turncoat Lane reveals signs of a struggle and traces of dried blood.

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Related Words

• dehydrated www.thesaurus.com
• dry 
• preserved