Meaning of Dry | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The process by which something is dried.
2. A surname
3. A surname.
4. A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
   US
5. To become dry: The sheets dried quickly in the sun.
6. An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
7. A prohibitionist.
8. first-person singular present indicative of secar
9. The dry season.
   Australia, with-definite-article
10. To undergo a cure for alcoholism.
11. An area of waterless country.
    Australia
12. Used to distinguish measures of dry (solid) volume as opposed to liquid (fluid) volume.
13. Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
14. to (cause to) become dry. I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun. afdroog يَجِف съхна secar utírat; sušit trocknen tørre στεγνώνωsecar kuivatama, kuivama خشک کردن kuivata essuyer, sécher לְיַבֵּש सुखाना osušiti (meg)szárít; (meg)szárad mengeringkan þorna; þurrka asciugare 乾かす 건조하다 džiūti, džiovinti []slaucīt (pēc mazgāšanas); izkalst; izžūt; žāvēt mengeringkan drogentørke, tørre, herdesuszyć się, osuszać وچول secar a (se) usca; a (se) şterge вытирать насу...
15. A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
    British, UK
16. (of food) having had moisture removed for the purpose of preservation. dried flowers; dried fruit. gedroogde مُجَفَّف изсушен desidratado sušený getrocknet tørret αποξηραμένοςseco kuivatatud خشک شده kuivattu séchéמיובש सूखे osušeno voće, osušeno cvijeće szárított, aszalt kering þurrka essiccato, secco 乾燥した 건조한 džiovintas žāvēts; kaltēts kering gedroogdtørketsuszony وچ شوى desidratado uscat сухой; сушёный sušený posušen sušen torkad อบแห้ง kurutulmuş, kuru 乾燥過的(花朵、食品) засушений محفوظ کرنے کے ل...
17. a machine etc that dries. a spin-drier; a hair-dryer. droër مُجَفِّف، جِهاز تَنْشيف сешоар secador sušič(ka); vysoušeč der Trockner tørretumbler; -tørrer στεγνωτήρας secadora, secador kuivati خشک کن kuivain séchoir מְיַבֵּש כְּבִיסָה सुखाने वाला sušilica, uređaj za sušenje szárító pengering þurrkari asciugatrice 乾燥機 건조기 džiovintuvas žāvējamais aparāts pengering drogertørrer; tørketrommel, hårtørker suszarka وچ كوونكى secador uscător сушилка; фен sušič, sušička sušilnik sušilica torkare, torkm...
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18. in a quiet, restrained (and humorous) manner. He commented drily on the untidiness of the room. droërig بِجَفاف، بِسُخْرِيَه сухо secamente suše trocken tørt ξερά secamente, irónicamente kuivalt با لحن خشک؛ صاف و ساده kuivasti d'un air pince-sans-rire בְּיוֹבֵש रूखाई से suho szárazon ringkas, dengan acuh tak acuh á launhæðinn hátt con ironia 皮肉に 조용한, 억제된 ramiai, santūriai sausi; neinteresanti dengan acuh tak acuh droogtørt sarkastycznie په ساده او َصافه خوله com ironia (cu un aer) rezervat су...
19. droogheid جَفاف въздържаност secura suchost die Trockenheit tørhed ξηρασίαsequedad kuivus خشکی kuivuus sécheresseיובש सूखापन suhoća szárazság kekeringan þurrkur; þurrleiki aridità, secchezza 乾燥 건조함 sausumas sausums kekeringan droogtetørrhet, tørkesuchość, jałowość وچوالى secura uscăciune сухость suchosť suša suvoća torka, torrhet ความแห้ง kuruluk 乾 сухість خشکی sự khô cằn 干
20. to clean (clothes etc) with chemicals, not with water. droogskoonmaak يُنَظِّف على النّاشِف химическо чистене lavar a seco čistit chemicky chemisch reinigen tørrens καθαρίζω με στεγνό καθάρισμα limpiar en seco keemiliselt puhastama خشک شویی کردن kuivapestä nettoyer à sec ניקוּי יָבֵש निर्जल धुलाई करना kemijsko čišćenje vegytisztít mencuci dengan zat kimia þurrhreinsa pulire a secco ドライクリーニングする 드라이 클리닝하다 chemiškai valyti ķīmiski tīrīt basuh kering stomenrense kjemisk, tørrense prać chemicznie ...
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Equivalents

Examples

“This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry.”

“The drys were as unhappy with the second part of the speech as the wets were with the first half.”

“Come under my umbrella and keep in the dry.”

“[…] one was sodden to the bone and mildewed to the marrow and moved to pray […] for that which formerly he had cursed—the Dry! the good old Dry—when the grasses yellowed, browned, dried to tinder, burst into spontaneous flame— […]”

“[T]he spring-fed river systems. Not the useless little tributary jutting off into a mud hole at the end of the Dry.”

“All day, all night you feel as if the Earth could fly/Three more all for fine Indian Gin and whiskey dry.”

“Can you buy dry ginger in Croatia? If not what is an alternative?”

“Black Douglas Blended Scotch and Dry Case 24 x 375mL Cans (Title).”

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