Dry
Definitions
- The process by which something is dried.
- A surname
- A surname.
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A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages). US
- To become dry: The sheets dried quickly in the sun.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- A prohibitionist.
- first-person singular present indicative of secar
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The dry season. Australia, with-definite-article
- To undergo a cure for alcoholism.
- An area of waterless country.
- Used to distinguish measures of dry (solid) volume as opposed to liquid (fluid) volume.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- 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...
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A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. British, UK
- (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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- 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 ...
Equivalents
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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).”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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