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The synonyms of “Dry” are: juiceless, ironic, ironical, wry, teetotal, parched, dried, withered, shrivelled, wilted, wizened, arid, scorched, baked, burned, dried out, dried up, torrid, hot, sizzling, burning, waterless, empty, thirsty, dehydrated, strenuous, arduous, heavy, tiring, exhausting, unbuttered, plain, bare, simple, basic, fundamental, stark, naked, bald, cold, hard, straightforward, dull, uninteresting, boring, unexciting, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, dreary, monotonous, dry as dust, unemotional, indifferent, undemonstrative, impassive, cool, clinical, passionless, emotionless, subtle, low-key, laconic, sly, sharp, crisp, piquant, not sweet, tart, bitter, dry out, make dry, dry up, parch, scorch, sear, bake, dry off, towel, rub, wipe, wipe tears from, dab, dehydrate, desiccate, remove the moisture from, prohibitionist, monetarist
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dry” as a noun can have the following definitions:
monetarist | An advocate of the theory that economic fluctuations are caused by increases or decreases in the supply of money. |
prohibitionist | A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dry” as a verb can have the following definitions:
bake | Heat by a natural force. The soil in the desert is baked dry by the fierce heat of the sun. |
dab | Apply (usually a liquid) to a surface. She dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief. |
dehydrate | Lose water or moisture. We usually either freeze or dehydrate the berries and use them as we need to. |
desiccate | Remove water from. Years of drought have desiccated the soil. |
dry off | Become dry or drier. |
dry out | Remove the moisture from and make dry. |
dry up | Become dry or drier. |
make dry | Make or cause to be or to become. |
parch | Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat. The sun parched the earth. |
remove the moisture from | Shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes. |
rub | Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching. Rub oil into her skin. |
scorch | Become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions. The meat had scorched. |
sear | (of pain) be experienced as a sudden, burning sensation. Sear the chicken livers in a pan for a few minutes on each side. |
towel | Wipe with a towel. She towelled her hair dry. |
wipe | Pass a swipe card over an electronic reader. Things have happened to wipe the smile off Kate s face. |
wipe tears from | Rub with a circular motion. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dry” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
arduous | Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance. Your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here. |
arid | Lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning. A technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata. |
baked | Intoxicated by drink or drugs, especially cannabis. Baked goods. |
bald | Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp. The bald trunks with their empty branches. |
bare | Just barely adequate or within a lower limit. A bare livelihood. |
basic | Common to or required by everyone; primary and ineradicable or inalienable. Basic training for raw recruits. |
bitter | Feeling or showing anger, hurt, or resentment because of bad experiences or a sense of unjust treatment. She knew from bitter experience how treacherous such feelings could be. |
boring | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. I ve got a boring job in an office. |
burned | Ruined by overcooking. A burned over site in the forest. |
burning | Very hot or bright. The burning midday sun. |
clinical | Scientifically detached; unemotional. Clinical medicine. |
cold | Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e g ice or refrigeration. The concert left me cold. |
cool | Psychologically cool and unenthusiastic unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike. Relations were cool and polite. |
crisp | Brief and to the point; effectively cut short. Crisp bacon. |
dehydrated | Suffering from excessive loss of water from the body. Fever resulted from becoming dehydrated. |
dreary | Causing dejection. A series of dreary dinner parties. |
dried | Not still wet. Dried beef. |
dried out | Preserved by removing natural moisture. |
dried up | Preserved by removing natural moisture. |
dry as dust | Lacking moisture or volatile components. |
dull | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. Fell back into one of her dull moods. |
emotionless | Unmoved by feeling-Margaret Deland. Her voice was flat and emotionless. |
empty | Having no value or purpose. Full of empty seats. |
exhausting | Having a debilitating effect. An exhausting job in the hot sun. |
fundamental | Far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something. An example that was fundamental to the argument. |
hard | Unfortunate or hard to bear. Hard dry rolls left over from the day before. |
heavy | Large and powerful especially designed for heavy loads or rough work. A heavy and bulky load. |
hot | (of a person) sexually attractive. She felt hot and her throat was parched. |
impassive | Deliberately impassive in manner. Her impassive remoteness. |
indifferent | Neither too great nor too little. The universe is neither hostile nor friendly it is simply indifferent. |
ironic | Humorously sarcastic or mocking. His mouth curved into an ironic smile. |
ironical | Humorously sarcastic or mocking. An ironical smile. |
juiceless | Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless- John Mason Brown. Dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to life. |
laconic | Brief and to the point; effectively cut short. His laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic. |
low-key | Restrained in style or quality. |
monotonous | Dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest. The statistics that he quotes with monotonous regularity. |
not sweet | Having a high residual sugar content. |
parched | Dried out with heat. Parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet. |
passionless | Not passionate. The voice is passionless monotone. |
piquant | Having an agreeably pungent taste. A piquant tartare sauce. |
plain | Sheer; simple (used for emphasis. There were indrawn breaths at such plain speaking. |
scorched | (of vegetation or a place) dried out by the heat of the sun. Sherman s scorched earth policy. |
sharp | Of a key having a sharp or sharps in the signature. They were greeted by a young man in a sharp suit. |
shrivelled | Wrinkled and shrunken, especially as a result of loss of moisture or old age. A handful of shrivelled leaves. |
simple | Plain, basic, or uncomplicated in form, nature, or design; without much decoration or ornamentation. A simple white blouse. |
sizzling | Characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement. That was the start of a sizzling affair. |
sly | Marked by skill in deception. A sly manipulative woman. |
stark | Unpleasantly or sharply clear. The ridge formed a stark silhouette against the sky. |
straightforward | Without concealment or deception; honest. He is not being as straightforward as it appears. |
strenuous | Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance. Strenuous exercise. |
subtle | Able to make fine distinctions. Subtle lighting. |
tedious | Using or containing too many words. Tedious days on the train. |
teetotal | Choosing or characterized by abstinence from alcohol. No thank you I happen to be teetotal. |
thirsty | (usually followed by `for’) extremely desirous. Thirsty fields under a rainless sky. |
tiresome | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. Weeding is a tiresome but essential job. |
tiring | Producing exhaustion. It had been a tiring day. |
torrid | (especially in financial contexts) characterized by intense activity; hard to contain or stop. He d been given a pretty torrid time by the nation s voters. |
unbuttered | Not spread or coated with butter. A meal of weak tea and unbuttered toast. |
undemonstrative | Not given to open expression of emotion. The English are an undemonstrative lot. |
unemotional | Not having or showing strong feelings. A flat unemotional voice. |
unexciting | Not exciting. An unexciting novel. |
uninteresting | Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement. A very uninteresting account of her trip. |
waterless | Lacking sufficient water or rainfall. Miles of waterless country to cross. |
wearisome | Causing one to feel tired or bored. They insisted on his presence at wearisome musical soir es. |
wilted | Not firm. The afternoon heat left her feeling wilted. |
withered | (of a plant) dry and shrivelled. A girl with a withered arm. |
wizened | Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness-W.F.Starkie. A wizened weather beaten old man. |
wry | Bent to one side. With a wry Scottish wit. |
anhydrous | Without water; especially without water of crystallization. |
arid | (of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation. An arid climate. |
aridity | A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall. |
blacken | Make or become black. Paras in full combat gear with blackened faces. |
char | Burn to charcoal. She trimmed the char from the wicks of the oil lamps. |
climatic | Of or relating to a climate. Climatic changes. |
dehydrate | Cause (a person or their body) to lose a large amount of water. In the desert you get dehydrated very quickly. |
desert | Desert a cause a country or an army often in order to join the opposing cause country or army. His life in the regiment had been such a hell that he decided to desert. |
desiccant | A hygroscopic substance used as a drying agent. Natural desiccants cause fleas to dehydrate and die. |
desiccate | Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless-C.J.Rolo. A prissy and emotionless creature settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery. |
desiccated | Preserved by removing natural moisture. A prissy and emotionless creature settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery. |
desiccation | The removal of moisture from something. Stems were stored in plastic bags to prevent desiccation. |
dried | Preserved by removing natural moisture. A face marked with dried tears. |
drought | A prolonged shortage. He ended a five game goal drought. |
dryness | The condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water. Her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone. |
evaporate | Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue. This gets the oil hot enough to evaporate any moisture. |
evaporation | The process of becoming a vapor. The police s attempt to dictate public policy led to a sudden evaporation of support. |
famish | Be hungry; go without food. Many famished in the countryside during the drought. |
humidity | The state or quality of being humid. The temperature is seventy seven the humidity in the low thirties. |
moisturize | Make (something, especially the skin) less dry. Revitalize your face moisturize your skin. |
parch | Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat. His crops parched during the last two summers. |
parched | Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight. The parched earth. |
precipitation | The quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time. The storm brought several inches of precipitation. |
scorch | Become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions. A sports car was scorching along the expressway. |
sear | Cause to wither. Sear the chicken livers in a pan for a few minutes on each side. |
semiarid | Somewhat arid. A semiarid region with little annual rainfall. |
shrivel | Lose momentum, will, or desire. My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me. |
singe | Burn the bristles or down off (the carcass of a pig or fowl) to prepare it for cooking. The fire had singed his eyebrows. |
thirst | Feel the need to drink. Tens of thousands died of thirst and starvation. |
withered | (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture. A lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws. |
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