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51dry — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ carefully, completely, properly, thoroughly ▪ Wait until the paint has completely dried. ▪ Always dry clothes thoroughly before you wear them again. ▪ …
52dry — 1. adjective 1) the dry desert Syn: arid, parched, droughty, scorched, baked; waterless, moistureless, rainless; dehydrated, desiccated, thirsty, bone dry Ant: wet 2) …
53dry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. arid, thirsty (see dryness); barren, sterile; humorless, grave. See impotence, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having little or no moisture] Syn. arid, parched, waterless, dried up, evaporated …
54Dry — 47° 47′ 51″ N 1° 42′ 52″ E / 47.797499, 1.714444 …
55dry — {{11}}dry (adj.) O.E. dryge, from P.Gmc. *draugiz (Cf. M.L.G. dröge, M.Du. druge, Du. droog, O.H.G. trucchon, Ger. trocken, O.N. draugr), from PIE *dreug . Meaning barren is mid 14c. Of humor or jests, early 15c. (implied in dryly); as… …
56dry — adjective (drier, driest) 1》 free from moisture or liquid. ↘not yielding water, oil, or milk: a dry well. ↘without grease or other moisturizer or lubricator: dry hair. 2》 (of information, writing, etc.) dully factual. ↘unemotional or… …
57dry — Synonyms and related words: Rabelaisian, Saharan, Spartan, WCTU, acarpous, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, acetose, acid, acidulous, air dry, anhydrate, anhydrous, antisaloon, apathetic, arid, ascetic, athirst, austere, bake, baked, bald,… …
58DRY — Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY, auch bekannt als Once and Only Once, dt. etwa: Wiederhole dich nicht) ist ein Prinzip, das besagt, Redundanz zu vermeiden oder zumindest zu reduzieren. Ein Anwendungsgebiet für das DRY Prinzip ist z. B. die… …
59dry up — 1) PHR V ERG If something dries up or if something dries it up, it loses all its moisture and becomes completely dry and shrivelled or hard. [V P] As the day goes on, the pollen dries up and becomes hard... [V P n (not pron)] Warm breezes from… …
60dry — 1. mod. sober; no longer alcohol intoxicated. □ Tracy’s dry, I hear. □ How long will Ernie stay dry? 2. n. a prohibitionist; an abstainer from alcohol. □ The drys are in an increasing majority. □ …
