dried
Americanverb
verb
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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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Dried mango that tears like jerky between your teeth.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026
Dried and fresh feces hung from the mesh wire of each cage.
From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024
Dried lotus pods have a great silhouette for arranging or tableaux, she says.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023
The Lakota connect the earth with the sky by making tobacco from the red willow tree, which matches the Dried Willow constellation, where the sun rises on the spring equinox.
From National Geographic • Sep. 21, 2023
Dried algae stuck to the walls and the sand formed a strange topography on the floors.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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