Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective thoroughly dried; having no moisture remaining.
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- adjective thoroughly dried out
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Examples
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For me it was a tin of tuna smeared on dried-out pumpernickel bread, with a tub of fig spread for pudding.
Honest Cooking: Rock n' Rolls: The Summer Of Food Festivals Honest Cooking 2011
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No way sitting at that table with the dried-out Chinese food did he ever suspect that seven months later he'd be thinking of her as his ex-girlfriend.
Duck Sauce David Abrams 2011
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University of Maine graduate student Samuel Belknap III came across the fragment while analyzing a dried-out sample of human waste unearthed in southwest Texas in the 1970s.
Man's Best Friend: Study Identifies 9,400-Year-Old Dog AP 2011
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For me it was a tin of tuna smeared on dried-out pumpernickel bread, with a tub of fig spread for pudding.
Honest Cooking: Rock n' Rolls: The Summer Of Food Festivals Honest Cooking 2011
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We are looking into a dried-out river valley, gentle down slope running to the river bottom and off panel towards the reader.
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I peeled my tacky, dried-out contacts from my eyes.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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In this July 17, 2007, file photo, a plastic bucket lies half buried in the dried-out bed of the Great Salt Lake.
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Propagation: Desert rose can be propagated by seed, cuttings, or simply sticking dried-out branches in moist sand.
Desert rose, dracaena and pothos: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2009
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Birds fluttered overhead, among the network of poles that supported a canvas so faded the color reminded me of a dried-out orange.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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Wetter water — Apply a very mild soap and water solution, such as used dish water, to dried-out houseplants.
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