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Moderatedry
The correct spelling is dry.
How to pronounce dry
/dɹaɪ/
nounIPA: /dɹaɪ/
Say it like: Dree
The correct spelling is dry. The process by which something is dried. For example: "This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry."
Usage Examples
“This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry.”
“The clothes dried on the line.”
“Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The process by which something is dried.
- 2.A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- 3.(with "the") The dry season.
- 4.An area of waterless country.
- 5.(UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
verb
- 1.To lose moisture.
- 2.To remove moisture from.
- 3.To be thirsty.
- 4.To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
- 5.For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.
adjective
- 1.Free from or lacking moisture.
- 2.Unable to produce a liquid, as water, oil, or (farming) milk.
- 3.Built without or lacking mortar.
- 4.Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- 5.Athirst, eager.
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