dried

verb

past tense of dry
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 Police entered the unit and found the woman on the living room floor lying on her back with what appeared to be blood around her head, some of which had already dried, the report said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 Down and feather pillows can generally be tumble-dried on low or no-heat, whereas memory foam should be air-dried. — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026 Then dams and expanding farmlands dried it up and turned it into a patchwork of fields, roads and towns. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 Plastic should never be dried at high heat, so adjust the temperature setting if needed. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026 The researchers say the mixture, once dried and hardened, is comparable in strength to low-grade concrete and could one day be used to build multi-story buildings on Mars. — New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026 It’s brined, then dried with baking powder before it’s basted with roasted garlic, sherry vinegar, honey and mustard. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026 It was covered in ash, as if it had been washed, dried, then purposely covered in soot. — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026 Morawetz’s number one reason to go dried, though, is texture. — Embry Roberts, Martha Stewart, 19 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dried
  1. scorched
  2. faded
  3. baked
  4. withered
  5. drained
  6. wilted
  7. parched
  8. dehydrated
Verb
  • Crockett's ex-Dem colleague goes scorched earth after endorsement snub.
    — , FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Video from the scene showed the front of the Guatemalan store scorched.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of scorched
Verb
  • Memories may have faded, or digital evidence could have been lost or deleted.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The Chicago White Sox faded from the postseason with hardly any offense.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of faded
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  • Inside the venue, each place setting was adorned in part by one of the nearly 200 cake pops sized, measured and baked by organizing committee member Shaikh, who not only committed the week prior to bake for the ball, but also enjoyed developing a sisterhood with the rest of the organizers.
    — Mariana Navarrete Villegas, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
Definition of baked
Verb
  • Those production lines were shut down after the Soviet breakup in 1991, and the industry has since mostly withered.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The throuple moved into faculty housing, where Lakofski withered, depressed by life in a conventional apartment.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of withered
Verb
  • Our joy in the world is drained away, along with our ability to feel fully human.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Micron still trading 15% below its June peak and Nvidia sitting at such a steep discount to the market P/E and that of defensive, capex-light Apple, suggest a level of sobriety that – all else equal – could mean that some risk has been drained away.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of drained
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  • In only the second week of this season, the mighty Ohio State Buckeyes wilted in brutal heat in the fourth quarter at Texas, blowing a 20-point lead and losing by a single point.
    — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Raheem Morris had to get creative and attacked with his undermanned defense before things wilted down the stretch.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of wilted
Verb
  • If you get parched while walking the trails, pop into a resting station with bathrooms, coffee, water, snacks, books, and magazines.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Most of these super-Earths orbit frighteningly close to their host stars and have long since had their atmospheres scraped away, leaving them baked, parched rocks.
    — Space.com Staff, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of parched
Verb
  • Too little and Bob risks becoming dehydrated after spending hours outside.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This is part of the natural aging process, and the visible signs of aging include looser texture, dry skin, and in some people oily skin that still feels dehydrated.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of dehydrated

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“Dried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dried. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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