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dry

(superl.) Free from moisture
having little humidity or none
arid
not wet or moist
deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind
-- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
(superl.) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap
not succulent
not green
as, dry wood or hay.
(superl.) Of animals: Not giving milk
as, the cow is dry.
(superl.) Of persons: Thirsty
needing drink.
(superl.) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
(superl.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture
as, dry gangrene
dry catarrh.
(superl.) Destitute of that which interests or amuses
barren
unembellished
jejune
plain.
(superl.) Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard
hence, sharp
keen
shrewd
quaint
as, a dry tone or manner
dry wit.
(superl.) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.
(a.) To make dry
to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means
to exsiccate
as, to dry the eyes
to dry one's tears
the wind dries the earth
to dry a wet cloth
to dry hay.
(v. i.) To grow dry
to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice
as, the road dries rapidly.
(v. i.) To evaporate wholly
to be exhaled
-- said of moisture, or a liquid
-- sometimes with up
as, the stream dries, or dries up.
(v. i.) To shrivel or wither
to lose vitality.

dry dock

dry goods

A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries.

dry nurse

dry-beat

dry-boned

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