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Dry

adjective
(compar. drier; superl. driest)
1.
Free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet.  "Dry clothes" , "A dry climate" , "Dry splintery boards" , "A dry river bed" , "The paint is dry"  Antonym: wet.
2.
Humorously sarcastic or mocking.  Synonyms: ironic, ironical, wry.  "An ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely" , "An ironic novel" , "An ironical smile" , "With a wry Scottish wit"
3.
Lacking moisture or volatile components.  Antonym: wet.
4.
Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages.  "A dry state"  Antonym: wet.
5.
Not producing milk.  Antonym: wet.
6.
(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation.  "A dry Bordeaux"  Antonym: sweet.
7.
Without a mucous or watery discharge.  "That rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"  Antonym: phlegmy.
8.
Not shedding tears.  "With dry eyes"
9.
Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless.  Synonym: juiceless.  "A dry lecture filled with trivial details" , "Dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"
10.
Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones.
11.
Unproductive especially of the expected results.  "A mind dry of new ideas"
12.
Having no adornment or coloration.  "Rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
13.
(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish.  "Dry meat"
14.
Having a large proportion of strong liquor.
15.
Lacking warmth or emotional involvement.  "A dry reading of the lines" , "A dry critique"
16.
Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages.  Synonym: teetotal.  "No thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
verb
(past & past part. dried; pres. part. drying)
1.
Remove the moisture from and make dry.  Synonym: dry out.  "Dry hair"  Antonym: wet.
2.
Become dry or drier.  Synonym: dry out.
noun
(pl. drys, dries)
1.
A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages.  Synonym: prohibitionist.



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"Dry" Quotes from Famous Books



... flowers in abundance. Water may be had not far distant. The lovely birch trees gleam where your camp fire is kindled and the larger evergreens stand like sombre sentinels on watch through the night. But one sometimes learns a camper's life is not all places of cool retreats, bright camp fires, dry beds of plush- like boughs, with delicious breaths of birch, pine and mountain wild flowers sifting through his tent. Because the wood thrush and cardinal sang while you ate your supper of well-cooked trout is no sign you will be so highly favored the next ...
— See America First • Orville O. Hiestand

... same strata occur other genera of trilobites, namely, Conocoryphe, Paradoxides, Microdiscus, and the Pteropod Theca (Figure 568), all represented by species peculiar to the Harlech grits. The sands of this formation are often rippled, and were evidently left dry at low tides, so that the surface was dried by the sun and made to shrink and present sun-cracks. There are also distinct impressions of rain-drops on many surfaces, like those ...
— The Student's Elements of Geology • Sir Charles Lyell

... some time, unable to rise. At last I managed to get to bed, but, oh, I did not sleep, only dozed at intervals, for the drunkard never knows the blessings of undisturbed repose. I awoke in the night with a raging thirst. No sooner was one draught taken than the horrible dry feeling returned; and so I went on, swallowing repeated glassfuls of the spirit until at last I had drained the very last drop which the jug contained. My appetite grew by what it fed on; and, having a little ...
— Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) - Orators and Reformers • Various

... in his seat. The following mishap, described by Sewall, as occurring that day, perhaps detained the Deputy-governor: "OCT. 28. Lt. Gov^r, coming over the causey, is, by reason of the high tide, so wet, that is fain to go to bed, till sends for dry ...
— Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather - A Reply • Charles W. Upham

... my child; don't cry. You won't think so hardly of me again. Come, let us forget all our troubles." And the doctor took out his handkerchief, and began to dry Marjory's tears, clumsily, it must be owned, but with the ...
— Hunter's Marjory - A Story for Girls • Margaret Bruce Clarke


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