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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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 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
"She roamed the country far and near, Bewitched the children of the peasants, Dried up the cows, and lamed the deer, And sucked the eggs, and killed the pheasants."
From Tales and Sketches, Complete Volume V., the Works of Whittier: Tales and Sketches by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Are all the Aonian1 springs Dried up? lies Thespia waste?
From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James
"Dried up, played out, and given a measly thirty-five a week as hopper-feeder for the editorial room," he announced.
From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
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