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dry   (TTS Sound)

The noun dry has 1 sense

• dry, prohibitionist -- (a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages)

The verb dry has 2 senses

• dry, dry out -- (remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair")


• dry, dry out -- (become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun")

The adj dry has 16 senses

• dry -- (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry")


• dry, ironic, ironical, wry -- (humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit")


• dry -- (lacking moisture or volatile components; "dry paint")


• dry -- (opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state")


• dry -- (not producing milk; "a dry cow")


• dry -- ((of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux")


• dry -- (without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose")


• dry -- (not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes")


• dry, juiceless -- (lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown)


• dry -- (used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight")


• dry -- (unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas")


• dry -- (having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner")


• dry -- ((of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat")


• dry -- (having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin")


• dry -- (lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique")


• dry, teetotal -- (practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal")