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- Dictionarydry/drʌɪ/
adjective
- 1. free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist: "the jacket kept me warm and dry" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of information, writing, etc.) dealing primarily with facts and presented in a dull, uninteresting way: "he not only avoids dry accounts of regimes and rulers, but enables the reader to feel how the substance of daily life has changed" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. become dry: "allow 24 hours for the paint to dry"
- 2. forget one's lines: theatrical slang "a colleague of mine once dried in the middle of a scene"
noun
- 1. the process or an instance of drying.
- 2. a dry or covered place.
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Dry is the general word indicating absence of water or freedom from moisture: a dry well; dry clothes. Arid suggests great or intense dryness in a region or climate, especially such as results in bareness or in barrenness: arid tracts of desert.
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Dry means free from liquid or moisture, or having little or no rain. It can also describe something plain, dull, or lacking emotion. See different meanings, examples, and related words for dry.
adjective. free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet. “ dry land”. “ dry clothes”. “a dry climate”. “ dry splintery boards”. “a dry river bed”. “the paint is dry ”. synonyms:
Definition of dry adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.