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
And even as the river dried, basin states hoped to negotiate a water-sharing deal to avoid the worst consequences of drought.
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Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Silgranit sinks can be cleaned with a mixture of dish soap and vinegar, which will need to sit for at least an hour if there are any hard water deposits before being rinsed and dried.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
They can be eaten fresh or dried, depending on your taste.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
But even fraud is cut and dried.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
The ink had barely dried on the long-gestating Paramount-Skydance merger before Ellison offered (not once, but three times) to acquire rival Warner Bros Discovery.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
The layers are printed like pages in a magazine using a roll-to-roll press, where liquid functional inks are applied and dried in succession.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
In contrast, he was impressed by the ink used to publish his newspaper, which dried almost instantly and didn't smudge.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
But as the rain eased and the track dried, Button found a rhythm nobody else could match.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Silgranit sinks can be cleaned with a mixture of dish soap and vinegar, which will need to sit for at least an hour if there are any hard water deposits before being rinsed and dried.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
They can be eaten fresh or dried, depending on your taste.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
But even fraud is cut and dried.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
The ink had barely dried on the long-gestating Paramount-Skydance merger before Ellison offered (not once, but three times) to acquire rival Warner Bros Discovery.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
The layers are printed like pages in a magazine using a roll-to-roll press, where liquid functional inks are applied and dried in succession.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
In contrast, he was impressed by the ink used to publish his newspaper, which dried almost instantly and didn't smudge.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
But as the rain eased and the track dried, Button found a rhythm nobody else could match.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dried
Verb
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But the Browns are 2-6 with little to look forward to, prompting Cleveland radio host Ken Carman to go scorched earth and call for Sanders, the Colorado alum, to start.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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As of Thursday morning, eight acres of land had been scorched by it.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Just as the story of the Valbanera has faded away, so has awareness of how Canary Islanders have affected the history of Latin America and the United States.—
Raul A. Reyes,
NBC news,
5 Nov. 2025
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In time, the spotlight faded again, and Game's life continued on.—
Brian Brant,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Most of those who shaped or even marginally influenced the events of October 7th are gone, leaving Gaza’s authority withered to the point that even managing the hostages has become paralyzingly difficult.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 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
Verb
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In-ground sprinkler systems should be drained.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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During the final week, the crew worked nonstop for sixty hours in a heat wave that parched energy and drained our bodies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Add collards; once wilted, add mustard greens.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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In particular, fire blight readily spreads from hawthorns to neighboring apples, as well as pear trees, and causes these trees to drop their blossoms, stop fruiting, display wilted stems and leaves, and develop other problems.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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During the final week, the crew worked nonstop for sixty hours in a heat wave that parched energy and drained our bodies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Plus, there will be Halloween cocktail specials for the particularly parched.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Silver or white roots indicate the plant is dehydrated.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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While reducing evening fluid intake can help limit nighttime bathroom trips, be careful not to get dehydrated.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Sereno proposes that the creatures’ carcasses were first desiccated in a drought before suddenly being engulfed by sediment—likely brought on by a flood.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
23 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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“Dried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dried. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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