ALL meanings of dry up
dry up
D d - adjective dry up characterized by or favoring prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors for use in beverages: a dry state. 1
- adjective dry up (of British biscuits) not sweet. 1
- adjective dry up plain; bald; unadorned: dry facts. 1
- adjective dry up dull; uninteresting: a dry subject. 1
- adjective dry up expressed in a straight-faced, matter-of-fact way: dry humor. 1
- adjective dry up indifferent; cold; unemotional: a dry answer. 1
- adjective dry up unproductive: The greatest of artists have dry years. 1
- adjective dry up (of lumber) fully seasoned. 1
- adjective dry up Building Trades. (of masonry construction) built without fresh mortar or cement. (of a wall, ceiling, etc., in an interior) finished without the use of fresh plaster. 1
- adjective dry up Ceramics. unglazed. insufficiently glazed. 1
- adjective dry up Art. hard and formal in outline, or lacking mellowness and warmth in color. 1
- verb with object dry up to make dry; free from moisture: to dry the dishes. 1
- verb without object dry up to become dry; lose moisture. 1
- noun plural dry up a prohibitionist. 1
- noun plural dry up a dry place, area, or region. 1
- idioms dry up not dry behind the ears, immature; unsophisticated: Adult responsibilities were forced on him, although he was still not dry behind the ears. 1
- intransitivephrasal verb dry up liquid: dry completely 1
- intransitivephrasal verb dry up disappear 1
- intransitivephrasal verb dry up forget speech 1
- intransitivephrasal verb dry up stop talking 1
- interjection dry up stop talking! 1
- adjective dry up free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air. 1
- adjective dry up having or characterized by little or no rain: a dry climate; the dry season. 1
- adjective dry up characterized by absence, deficiency, or failure of natural or ordinary moisture. 1
- adjective dry up not under, in, or on water: It was good to be on dry land. 1
- adjective dry up not now containing or yielding water or other liquid; depleted or empty of liquid: The well is dry. 1
- adjective dry up not yielding milk: a dry cow. 1
- adjective dry up free from tears: dry eyes. 1
- adjective dry up drained or evaporated away: a dry river. 1
- adjective dry up desiring drink; thirsty: He was so dry he could hardly speak. 1
- adjective dry up causing thirst: dry work. 1
- adjective dry up served or eaten without butter, jam, etc.: dry toast. 1
- adjective dry up (of cooked food) lacking enough moisture or juice to be satisfying or succulent. 1
- adjective dry up (of bread and bakery products) stale. 1
- adjective dry up of or relating to nonliquid substances or commodities: dry measure; dry provisions. 1
- adjective dry up (of wines) not sweet. 1
- adjective dry up made with dry vermouth: a dry Manhattan. made with relatively little dry vermouth: a dry martini. 1
- verb dry up (Intransitive Verb) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water. 0
- verb dry up (Transitive Verb) To cause to become dry. 0
- verb dry up (Transitive Verb) To deprive someone of (something vital). 0
- verb dry up (Intransitive Verb) To cease to exist; to disappear. 0
- verb dry up (Intransitive Verb) VT To manually dry dishes. 0
- verb dry up (Intransitive Verb) To stop talking, to forget what one was going to say. 0
- phrasal verb dry up If something dries up or if something dries it up, it loses all its moisture and becomes completely dry and shrivelled or hard. 0
- phrasal verb dry up If a river, lake, or well dries up, it becomes empty of water, usually because of hot weather and a lack of rain. 0
- phrasal verb dry up If a supply of something dries up, it stops. 0
- phrasal verb dry up If you dry up when you are speaking, you stop in the middle of what you were saying, because you cannot think what to say next. 0
- verb dry up to become barren or unproductive; fail 0
- verb dry up to dry (dishes, cutlery, etc) with a tea towel after they have been washed 0
- verb dry up to stop talking or speaking 0