1
as in scorched
to make dry
the wind quickly dried their clothes
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2
as in faded
to lose liveliness, force, or freshness
his creative talents were just drying on the vine in that small, provincial town
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Recent Examples of dried
The acorn nuts should be washed and dried before use, then stored.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
The abacá fibers are harvested three times a year, cut, stripped, dried and bundled before being boiled and pressed into sheets for shipping to Taiwan.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Fresh, decorative gourds can also last a few months or be dried and cured.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
They can even be dried at low temperature, making clean-up a breeze.
—Christine Persaud, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
This Martha Stewart set is made with soft 100 percent cotton, a material that absorbed water well yet still dried quickly in our tests.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
The parts that did get wet dried quickly in the car the next day.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
All continers must be dried properly before storing.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
The Role of Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Both fresh and dried fruit can be part of a healthy diet.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2025
Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
The abacá fibers are harvested three times a year, cut, stripped, dried and bundled before being boiled and pressed into sheets for shipping to Taiwan.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Fresh, decorative gourds can also last a few months or be dried and cured.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
They can even be dried at low temperature, making clean-up a breeze.
—Christine Persaud, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
This Martha Stewart set is made with soft 100 percent cotton, a material that absorbed water well yet still dried quickly in our tests.
—Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
The parts that did get wet dried quickly in the car the next day.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
All continers must be dried properly before storing.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
The Role of Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Both fresh and dried fruit can be part of a healthy diet.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dried
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Aerial footage revealed one building was completely destroyed, with debris and scorched vehicles scattered across the area.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Trees almost look like they have been scorched by fire.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
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That hope began to wither after a loss to the Vikings, and faded further when Saleh was fired when the team returned to New Jersey — a year to the day from Wednesday’s practice.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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And as the superpowers moved on from Cold War battlefields, the ideological paradigms that had once made Central American revolutions feel globally significant faded with them.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Oct. 2025
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But previous Daniel Jones models would have withered after such an ugly start and retreated to an all-checkdown menu for the rest of the game.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Competition, however, has withered in American elections.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Tubs are available to rent by the hour and are fully drained and sanitized between uses.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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For places where water can’t be drained, like ponds and fountains, use mosquito dunks or bits that contain bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, BTI, a naturally occurring bacterium that kills mosquito larvae but is harmless to pets, birds and other wildlife.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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The pavements were peppered with deep puddles, and grassy areas wilted into mud.—
Fiona Mozley,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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But greens like spinach and Swiss chard can be sauteed in a pan until wilted.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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This clarifying clay mask pairs kaolin and bentonite clays with bamboo charcoal to draw out pore-clogging impurities and sweep away excess oil—without leaving your skin feeling parched.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
30 Sep. 2025
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The landscape around him was parched and coated in a layer of pale-green mesquite, the vast horizon punctuated by oil pumps, processing tanks, and natural-gas flares.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Red jalapeños are tasty in fresh salsas, stir-fries, and dehydrated spice blends, but green jalapeños are the best choice for jalapeño poppers.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
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Sriracha was found in a car engine and had a 108-degree fever and was dehydrated.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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The authors argue that those features, the intact, hyper-flexed skeletons and the absence of the disarticulation expected after ordinary decay, indicate bodies had been desiccated before burial rather than interred as fresh cadavers.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Any cell drifting in the skies is blasted with UV rays and desiccated.—
Katherine Bourzac,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Dried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dried. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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