All dry up antonyms
dry up
D d verb dry up
- increase β to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- grow β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- improve β to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- ascend β If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
- lengthen β to make longer; make greater in length.
- prolong β to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
- compliment β A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
- laud β to praise; extol.
- praise β the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- liberate β to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- rise β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- raise β to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- develop β When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- strengthen β to make stronger; give strength to.
- irritate β to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- go up β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- build β If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
- add β ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.
- soak β to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
- wet β moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- moisten β Wet slightly.
- dampen β To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
- hydrate β any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 β 10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 β H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- create β To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- hoard β a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- augment β To augment something means to make it larger, stronger, or more effective by adding something to it.
- fill β to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- save β to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- moisturize β to add or restore moisture to (something): to moisturize one's skin with lotion; to moisturize air.
- release β to lease again.
- permit β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- free β enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- freeze β to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- invigorate β to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- refresh β to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
- commence β When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
- supply β to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- begin β To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- start β to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- stay β (of a ship) to change to the other tack.