Hyphenation of dry

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dry

Definitions of dry:

1.
A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
2.
Remove the moisture from and make dry
Dry clothes Dry hair
3.
Become dry or drier
The laundry dries in the sun
4.
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
5.
Humorously sarcastic or mocking
Dry humor An ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely An ironic novel An ironical smile With a wry Scottish wit
6.
Lacking moisture or volatile components
Dry paint
7.
Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
The dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers A dry state
8.
Not producing milk
A dry cow
9.
(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
A dry white burgundy A dry Bordeaux
10.
Without a mucous or watery discharge
A dry cough That rare thing in the wintertime A small child with a dry nose
11.
Not shedding tears
Dry sobs With dry eyes
12.
Lacking interest or stimulation
Dull and lifeless 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- John Mason Brown
13.
Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
Dry weight
14.
Unproductive especially of the expected results
A dry run A mind dry of new ideas
15.
Having no adornment or coloration
Dry facts Rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner
16.
(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
Dry toast Dry meat
17.
Having a large proportion of strong liquor
A very dry martini is almost straight gin
18.
Lacking warmth or emotional involvement
A dry greeting A dry reading of the lines A dry critique
19.
Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
He's been dry for ten years No thank you I happen to be teetotal

Synonyms of dry:

adj dry, adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked, air-dried, air-dry, arid, waterless, bone-dry, bone dry, desiccated, dried-out, dried, dried-up, dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered, rainless, thirsty, dry-shod, semiarid
adj ironic, ironical, wry, humorous, humourous
adj dry
adj dry, milkless
adj dry, brut, sec, unsweet, sour, sugarless, nonsweet
adj dry
adj tearless, dry-eyed
adj juiceless, unstimulating, unexciting
adj solid
adj unproductive
adj plain
adj plain
adj thirsty
adj alcoholic
adj unemotional
adj teetotal, sober
noun prohibitionist, reformer, reformist, crusader, meliorist
verbdry out, change, alter, modify
verbdry out, change

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