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Dry

adjective

(compar. drier; superl. driest)

1.

Free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet. "Dry clothes" , "A dry climate" , "Dry splintery boards" , "A dry river bed" , "The paint is dry"

2.

Humorously sarcastic or mocking. Synonyms: ironic, ironical, wry. "An ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely" , "An ironic novel" , "An ironical smile" , "With a wry Scottish wit"

3.

Lacking moisture or volatile components.

4.

Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages. "A dry state"

5.

Not producing milk.

6.

(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation. "A dry Bordeaux"

7.

Without a mucous or watery discharge. "That rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"

8.

Not shedding tears. "With dry eyes"

9.

Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless. Synonym: juiceless. "A dry lecture filled with trivial details" , "Dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"

10.

Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones.

11.

Unproductive especially of the expected results. "A mind dry of new ideas"

12.

Having no adornment or coloration. "Rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"

13.

(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish. "Dry meat"

14.

Having a large proportion of strong liquor.

15.

Lacking warmth or emotional involvement. "A dry reading of the lines" , "A dry critique"

16.

Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages. Synonym: teetotal. "No thank you; I happen to be teetotal"

verb

(past & past part. dried; pres. part. drying)

1.

Remove the moisture from and make dry. Synonym: dry out. "Dry hair"

2.

Become dry or drier. Synonym: dry out.

noun

(pl. drys, dries)

1.

A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages. Synonym: prohibitionist.

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"Dry" Quotes from Famous Books

... dreams,—an amalgamation of Persian flowers, Gothic columns, trunks of trees, with quadrupeds, reptiles and snails among the cement foliage. The paving wafted up to him through its drains the fetidity of sewers dry for lack of water; the balconies shed the dust of shaken rugs; the absurd palace appropriated, with the insolence of the new-rich, all the heaven and sun that used to belong ...

— Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) - A Novel • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... who have borrowed either silver or any sort of fruits, whether dry or wet, [I mean this, when the Jewish affairs shall, by the blessing of God, be to their own mind,] let the borrowers bring them again, and restore them with pleasure to those who lent them, laying them up, as it were, in their own treasuries, and justly expecting ...

— The Antiquities of the Jews • Flavius Josephus

... here a moment?" I said, hardly knowing that I spoke, or why I spoke. My mouth had grown suddenly dry. The timbre of my voice somehow founded different. Without answering she shortened her reins, and her ...

— The Four Faces - A Mystery • William le Queux

... Egypt, and in Uganda, the natives eat the raw berries; or first cook them in boiling water, dry them in the sun, and then eat them. It is a custom to exchange coffee beans ...

— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

... came from the country had almost filled the fireplace with a huge bouquet of wild roses. They made it look very pretty for a few days, but now the roses had all faded and fallen to pieces too, and nobody cared enough even to sweep up the dry, dead leaves and throw them out. It all looked forsaken and desolate enough. But it was no more desolate than I. We were lonely and unhappy for the same reason, the poor fireplace and I, because the little girl had gone away with her mother down ...

— The Wagner Story Book • Henry Frost

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