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verb (dries, drying, dried)
  1. (intransitive) To become dry.
  2. (transitive) To make dry. (e.g., your eyes)
Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: drogen(nl)
  • French: sécher(fr)
  • German: trocknen
  • Italian: asciugare(it)
adjective (drier, driest or dryest)
  1. free, Free from liquid or moisture.
Could you hand me a towel?
My throat feels itchy and .
Cover the chicken as it bakes or it'll get too .
  1. (chemistry) Free of water in any state; anhydrous
Dry alcohol is 200 proof.
  1. Maintaining temperance; void or abstinent from alcoholic beverages.
A former alcoholic, he's been for almost a year now.
You'll have to drive out of this county to find any liquor.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: nl(nl, droog}}, t-)droge
  • French: sèche(fr, sec, m, t+, fr)f
  • German: trocken(de)
  • Italian: asciutta(it, secco, m, secca(it)f, m(it, asciutto), {{t-, it)f
  • Spanish: seca(es, seco, m, {{t-, es)f

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