drying

[ drahy-ing ]

adjective

1. causing dryness:

   a drying breeze.

2. designed to become or capable of becoming dry and hard on exposure to air.

drying

/ ˈdraɪɪŋ /

noun

1. the action or process of making or becoming dry
2. Also called (not now in technical usage)seasoning the processing of timber until it has a moisture content suitable for the purposes for which it is to be used

adjective

1. causing dryness

   a drying wind

Other Words From

• non·drying adjective
• un·drying adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of drying¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; dry, -ing ²

Example Sentences

Alpha also wicks moisture and spreads it out for quicker drying times.

From Outside Online

Tourmaline is a semi-precious metal and, when used as a coating, can non-electronically create additional negative ions for an even faster drying process.

From Popular-Science

Further, expensive merino base layers don’t take kindly to frequent washing and drying, meaning you only want to wear them when really necessary—not every day—or embrace body odor, which my wife tells me I’m not allowed to do.

From Outside Online

I have such thick hair that I avoid blow-drying at all costs.

From Fortune

Repeated rounds of wetting and drying could produce chains of molecules.

From Science News

While the beans are cooling and drying, melt the butter in a saute pan over medium heat.

From The Daily Beast

If those dry counties get wet, those border stores could find their revenue drying up.

From The Daily Beast

No longer on an island, the site is now left exposed to anybody willing to walk across the drying sands.

From The Daily Beast

Mainly so the rest of the sorting and drying can begin when the downpours get too heavy to be out in the fields.

From The Daily Beast

Why do you think the roles started drying up after Tank Girl?

From The Daily Beast

This will often save the foliage from drying up, a happening which makes the plants rather unsightly.

From Project Gutenberg

The case should at such times be opened for a few hours each day to admit the drying air.

From Project Gutenberg

In any case, fresh pieces of drying paper must now be used, and on to these the fronds are placed.

From Project Gutenberg

After that their track turned straight west again, and it was hard to follow, for the ground was drying fast.

From Project Gutenberg

The flue from the engine is carried through the drying room and dries his leather.

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