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Definition of dry (English)

adjective

  1. free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
    • dry land
    • dry clothes
    • a dry climate
    • dry splintery boards
    • a dry river bed
    • the paint is dry
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  2. lacking moisture or volatile components
    • dry paint
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  3. opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
    • the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers
    • a dry state
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  4. not producing milk
    • a dry cow
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  5. (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
    • a dry white burgundy
    • a dry Bordeaux
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  6. without a mucous or watery discharge
    • a dry cough
    • that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose
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  7. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
    sumber: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. humorously sarcastic or mocking
    • dry humor
    • an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely
    • an ironic novel
    • an ironical smile
    • with a wry Scottish wit
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  2. not shedding tears
    • dry sobs
    • with dry eyes
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  3. lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
    • a dry book
    • a dry lecture filled with trivial details
    • dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life
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  4. used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
    • dry weight
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  5. unproductive especially of the expected results
    • a dry run
    • a mind dry of new ideas
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  6. having no adornment or coloration
    • dry facts
    • rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner
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  7. (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
    • dry toast
    • dry meat
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  8. having a large proportion of strong liquor
    • a very dry martini is almost straight gin
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  9. lacking warmth or emotional involvement
    • a dry greeting
    • a dry reading of the lines
    • a dry critique
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  10. practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
    • he's been dry for ten years
    • no thank you; I happen to be teetotal
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noun

  1. a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
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verb

  1. remove the moisture from and make dry
    • dry clothes
    • dry hair
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  2. become dry or drier
    • The laundry dries in the sun
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  3. To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.
    sumber: webster1913
  4. To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.
    sumber: webster1913