Meaning of dry off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To make dry.
   transitive
2. To become dry.
   intransitive
3. To cease milking a cow in preparation for calving.
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Drying off after the day of surfing in the afternoon summer sun of New Zealand, they remarked to each other how ironic their trip⟳ had been so far.”

“The weather was atrocious (driving rain⟳, strong wind, bone-chilling cold), but that didn't prevent⟳ us from getting out of our car, and walking over to the lighthouse there.[…] After taking some time to dry off while having a seafood lunch at the nearby Fuchi (Fuji) Fishing Harbor 富基漁港, we continued down the coast to the Temple of the Eighteen Lords 十八王公廟.”

“In an early study⟳ with cows producing very little milk at drying off, new infection rates were about equal whether cows were dried off abruptly or after a period of intermittent milking.”

“Thus, revenue from milk yield⟳ before dry-off is higher for cows that are abruptly dried off.”

“If you are drying off more cows than normal you are likely to need⟳ to increase⟳ the area in which you normally keep⟳ dry cows.”

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