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dry

English

  1. 🔊 practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
    “he's been dry for ten years”
  2. 🔊 lacking warmth or emotional involvement
    “a dry greeting”
  3. 🔊 having a large proportion of strong liquor
    “a very dry martini is almost straight gin”
  4. 🔊 without a mucous or watery discharge
    “a dry cough”
  5. 🔊 humorously sarcastic or mocking
    “dry humor”
  6. 🔊 (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
    “dry toast”
  7. 🔊 having no adornment or coloration
    “dry facts”
  8. 🔊 unproductive especially of the expected results
    “a dry run”
  9. 🔊 used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
    “dry weight”
  10. 🔊 lacking interest or stimulation
    “a dry book”
  11. 🔊 (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
    “a dry white burgundy”
  12. 🔊 not shedding tears
    “dry sobs”
  13. 🔊 free from liquid or moisture
    “dry land”
  14. 🔊 not producing milk
    “a dry cow”
  15. 🔊 opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
    “the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers”
  16. 🔊 lacking moisture or volatile components
    “dry paint”
  17. 🔊 a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
  18. 🔊 remove the moisture from and make dry
    “dry clothes”
  19. 🔊 become dry or drier
    “The laundry dries in the sun”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 enjuto dry
  2. 🔊 seco dry
  3. 🔊 enjugar to dry
  4. 🔊 enjutar to dry
  5. 🔊 ensecar to dry
  6. 🔊 secar to dry
  7. 🔊 mazacote dry, hard food
  8. 🔊 desecar to dry, to desiccate
  9. 🔊 corroncha dry, scaly, hard surface
  10. 🔊 disecar to dry, preserve (a plant)

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