dry

CEFRA1

/ˈdɹaɪ̯/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having little or no water or liquid.

  2. 02

    verb

    To remove water or become free of water.

Examples

  • He did the laundry and hung it out to dry.

  • Cut, wash and dry, please.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈdɹ̝ʷɑ̟ɪ̯] ~ [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷɑ̟ɪ̯]
  • /ˈdɹɑɪ̯/

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adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Not sweet, especially when describing a drink.

  2. Built without or lacking mortar.

  3. Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.

More examples

In context

  • I will dry your T-shirt.

  • This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?

  • This well is as dry as that cow.

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Origin

adjective

Adjective and noun from Middle English drye, dryge, drüȝe, from Old English drȳġe (“dry; parched, withered”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgī, *draugī, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz, *draugiz (“dry, hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). The verb derives from Middle English drien, from Old English drȳġan (“to dry”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgijan, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz (“hard, desiccated, dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“strong, hard, solid”). cognates and related terms Cognate with Scots dry, drey (“dry”), North Frisian drüg, driig, Saterland Frisian druuch (“dry”), West Frisian droech (“dry”), Dutch dro...