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dried-up   (TTS Sound)

The verb dry up has 2 senses

• exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccate -- (lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly")


• mummify, dry up -- (dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found")

The adj dried-up has 2 senses

• dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered -- ((used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines")


• dried-up -- (depleted of water; "a dried-up water hole")