OTHER WORDS FOR dry
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Idioms about dry
not dry behind the ears, immature; unsophisticated: Adult responsibilities were forced on him, although he was still not dry behind the ears.
Origin of dry
First recorded before 900; Middle English drie, Old English drȳge; akin to Dutch droog, German trocken; see drought
synonym study for dry
1. Dry, arid both mean without moisture. Dry is the general word indicating absence of water or freedom from moisture: a dry well; dry clothes. Arid suggests great or intense dryness in a region or climate, especially such as results in bareness or in barrenness: arid tracts of desert. 28. See evaporate.
OTHER WORDS FROM dry
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British Dictionary definitions for dry
dry
/ (draɪ) /
adjective drier, driest, dryer or dryest
verb dries, drying or dried
(when intr, often foll by off) to make or become dry or free from moisture
(tr) to preserve (meat, vegetables, fruit, etc) by removing the moisture
noun plural drys or dries
Derived forms of dry
dryable, adjectivedryness, nounWord Origin for dry
Old English drӯge; related to Old High German truckan, Old Norse draugr dry wood
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