dry

Definition

  • noun: the condition of being dry
  • verb: to remove water or moisture from (something or someone)
  • verb: to make dry
  • adjective: having no or very little water or liquid
  • adjective: free or relatively free from a liquid and especially water
  • often used figuratively
  • synonyms: dryness, rabelaisian, saharan

Examples

  • When the hero proclaimed his love for the heroine at the end of the play, there 'wasn't a dry eye in the house'.

  • The medication can cause 'dry mouth'. [=a condition in which the inside of your mouth become very dry]

  • The air is usually 'dry' during the winter. [=there is very little moisture in the air]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) But such officers do the king best service in the end When he needs what you have gleaned he will but squeeze you... ...and sponge, you shall be dry again - I understand you not, my lord I am glad of it. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear My lord, you must tell us where the body is (..)
    2015 Hamlet