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dry

The correct spelling is dry.

How to pronounce dry

/dɹaɪ/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.The process by which something is dried.
  2. 2.A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
  3. 3.(with "the") The dry season.
  4. 4.An area of waterless country.
  5. 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. 1.To lose moisture.
  2. 2.To remove moisture from.
  3. 3.To be thirsty.
  4. 4.To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
  5. 5.For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.

adjective

  1. 1.Free from or lacking moisture.
  2. 2.Unable to produce a liquid, as water, oil, or (farming) milk.
  3. 3.Built without or lacking mortar.
  4. 4.Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
  5. 5.Athirst, eager.

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