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Dry out   /draɪ aʊt/   Listen
Dry out

verb
1.
Become dry or drier.  Synonym: dry.
2.
Become empty of water.  Synonym: run dry.
3.
Remove the moisture from and make dry.  Synonym: dry.  "Dry hair"






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"Dry out" Quotes from Famous Books



... suppose that the virus is quite readily destroyed. It is claimed that stables thoroughly cleaned become safe after drying for a short time; hence, litter of all kinds, such as manure or soiled hay and straw, may remain infective for a longer time because they do not dry out. Other authorities maintain that the virus is quite tenacious and may live in stables even so long as a year. They also state that animals which have passed through the disease may be a source of infection for ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture

... to explain no further. What was the use? Wife, she had drawed a stool close-t up to my knee, an' set there sortin' out the little yaller rings ez they 'd dry out on his head, an' when he said that I thess looked at her an' we both looked at him, an' says I, "Wife," says I, "ef they's anything in heavenly looks an' behavior, I b'lieve that christenin' is started to ...
— Sonny, A Christmas Guest • Ruth McEnery Stuart

... With autumn, let it have a taste of adversity. Put the pot on a back shelf. Keep the earth in the pot decidedly on the dry side, giving plenty of water when you do water, but making the intervals between long enough for the soil to dry out well. The plant can even be placed in the cellar to winter, provided this absolute rest is not unduly prolonged. After three months of inaction give light, warmth and moisture. Agapanthus will at once respond, and ...
— The Mayflower, January, 1905 • Various

... filled to the brim with cold water. In about twenty minutes the rice is cooked, filling the vessel, and the water is all absorbed or evaporated. If there is no great haste, the rice sets ten or fifteen minutes longer while the kernels dry out somewhat. As the Igorot cooks rice, or, for that matter, as the native anywhere in the Islands cooks it, the grains are not mashed and mussed together, but each kernel remains whole ...
— The Bontoc Igorot • Albert Ernest Jenks

... Well, no. I like to store them a little bit, for the reason that the starches will form. It's amazing how wood will act after you cut it, provided it doesn't dry out. All those cells, you know, in that they form what we call a certain type of starch. You can do it all right with apple trees and pear trees. You can put it right on the tree right from the tree, but I wouldn't advise ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting • Various



Words linked to "Dry out" :   alter, parch, sear, wet, spray-dry, drip-dry, spin-dry, desiccate, dry up, exsiccate, blow-dry, dehydrate, change, air, modify, tumble dry, rough-dry, scorch, dehumidify



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