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Dry for Dummies

verb

pronunciation: draɪ

What does Dry really mean?

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Hey there! So, let's talk about the word "dry." It's a pretty common word that we use all the time. When something is dry, it means that it doesn't have any water or any kind of liquid on it. Imagine touching a towel after it's been out in the sun for a while. You'll notice that it doesn't feel wet, right? That's because it's dry. So, when something is dry, it's the opposite of being wet.

But you know what? Dry can also have a different meaning. Sometimes, we use the word "dry" to describe things that don't have a lot of flavor or taste. Have you ever eaten a cracker? Yeah, well, crackers are often dry because they don't have much moisture in them. And we can also describe a joke as being dry, meaning that it's not very funny or exciting.

Now, think about the desert. Have you ever seen a desert before? It's a really dry place, with very little water. The ground is usually covered in sand, and there aren't many plants or trees around. It's kind of like a big pile of sand, right? Well, that's because it doesn't rain much in the desert, so everything stays dry.

So, to sum it up, when we say something is dry, we mean that there's no water or liquid on it. And sometimes, we use this word to describe things that don't have much flavor or things that are not funny or exciting. It's like when your mouth feels all sticky and you need a drink of water or when a joke falls flat and no one laughs. That's when we say things are dry. Simple, right?

Revised and Fact checked by Patricia Williams on 2023-10-28 10:36:00

Dry In a sentece

Learn how to use Dry inside a sentece

  • After washing your clothes, you can hang them out in the sun to dry. They will lose all their wetness and become dry.
  • When you leave a glass of water outside for a long time, all the water inside will slowly disappear and the glass will become dry.
  • If you forget to water the plant for many days, the soil around it will become dry and the plant might die.
  • If you go to a place where it hardly ever rains, like a desert, the air and the ground there will be very dry.
  • If you wash your hands and then use a towel to wipe them, the towel will absorb all the wetness from your hands and make them dry.

Dry Synonyms

Words that can be interchanged for the original word in the same context.

dry out dry out dry out dry out ironic ironic ironical ironical juiceless juiceless prohibitionist prohibitionist teetotal teetotal wry wry

Dry Antonyms

Words that have the opposite context of the original word.

phlegmy phlegmy sweet sweet wet wet wet wet wet wet wet wet wet wet

Dry Hypernyms

Words that are more generic than the original word.

alter alter change change change change crusader crusader meliorist meliorist modify modify reformer reformer reformist reformist social reformer social reformer

Dry Hyponyms

Words that are more specific than the original word.

air air blow-dry blow-dry dehumidify dehumidify dehydrate dehydrate desiccate desiccate drip-dry drip-dry dry out dry out dry up dry up exsiccate exsiccate parch parch rough-dry rough-dry run dry run dry scorch scorch sear sear spin-dry spin-dry spray-dry spray-dry tumble dry tumble dry

Dry Has Instances

Words that are examples of the original word.

carry amelia moore nation carry amelia moore nation carry nation carry nation frances elizabeth caroline willard frances elizabeth caroline willard nation nation willard willard

Dry Similar Words

Words that similar to the original word, but are not synonyms.

adust adust air-dried air-dried air-dry air-dry alcoholic alcoholic arid arid baked baked bone dry bone dry brut brut desiccated desiccated dried dried dried-out dried-out dried-up dried-up dry-eyed dry-eyed dry-shod dry-shod humorous humorous humourous humourous kiln-dried kiln-dried medium-dry medium-dry milkless milkless parched parched plain plain plain plain rainless rainless scorched scorched sear sear sec sec semi-dry semi-dry semiarid semiarid sere sere shriveled shriveled shrivelled shrivelled sober sober solid solid sunbaked sunbaked tearless tearless thirsty thirsty unemotional unemotional unexciting unexciting unproductive unproductive unstimulating unstimulating unsweet unsweet waterless waterless withered withered