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dry

25 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. dry (verb)
  2. dried alum (noun)
  3. dried beef (noun)
  4. dried-fruit beetle (noun)
  5. dried milk (noun)
  6. dried-up (adjective)
  7. blow-dried (adjective)
  8. cut-and-dried (adjective)
  9. flint-dried (adjective)
  10. freeze-dried (adjective)
  11. high-dried (adjective)
  12. kiln-dried (adjective)
  13. loft-dried (adjective)
  14. machine-dried (adjective)
  15. soluble dried blood (noun)
  16. drip-dry (verb)
  17. air-dry (verb)
  18. blow-dry (verb)
  19. dry off (transitive verb)
  20. dry out (verb)
  21. dry up (verb)
  22. freeze-dry (verb)
  23. oven-dry (verb)
  24. rough-dry (verb)
  25. tumble dry (verb)

2dry

verb
drieddry·ing

Definition of DRY

transitive verb
: to make dry
intransitive verb
: to become dry
— dry·able \ˈdrī-ə-bəl\ adjective
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Examples of DRY

  1. I'll wash the dishes if you dry them.
  2. Make sure you dry your hands.
  3. He dried himself with the towel.
  4. Stop crying and dry your eyes.
  5. I'll wash and you dry, okay?
  6. Your shirt is drying on the clothesline.

First Known Use of DRY

before 12th century

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