English to English adjective
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free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet | | Example: dry land dry clothes a dry climate dry splintery boards a dry river bed the paint is dry
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lacking moisture or volatile components | | Example: dry paint
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opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages | | Example: the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers a dry state
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not producing milk | | Example: a dry cow
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(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation | | Example: a dry white burgundy a dry Bordeaux
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without a mucous or watery discharge | | Example: a dry cough that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose
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Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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humorously sarcastic or mocking | | Example: dry humor an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely an ironic novel an ironical smile with a wry Scottish wit
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not shedding tears | | Example: dry sobs with dry eyes
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lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless | | Example: a dry book a dry lecture filled with trivial details dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life
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used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones | | Example: dry weight
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unproductive especially of the expected results | | Example: a dry run a mind dry of new ideas
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having no adornment or coloration | | Example: dry facts rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner
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(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish | | Example: dry toast dry meat
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having a large proportion of strong liquor | | Example: a very dry martini is almost straight gin
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lacking warmth or emotional involvement | | Example: a dry greeting a dry reading of the lines a dry critique
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practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages | | Example: he's been dry for ten years no thank you; I happen to be teetotal
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a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages | | source: wordnet30 verb
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remove the moisture from and make dry | | Example: dry clothes dry hair
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become dry or drier | | Example: The laundry dries in the sun
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To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay. | | source: webster1913
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To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly. | | source: webster1913
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