Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
dry . Also adj..
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- adjective Without
water ormoisture . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dry .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective preserved by removing natural moisture
- adjective not still wet
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Examples
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Perhaps that is because the term dried plum juice is a contradiction in terms too grotesque for even the federal government.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Perhaps that is because the term dried plum juice is a contradiction in terms too grotesque for even the federal government.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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A clot of coagulated blood, as large as a man's hand, lay in the left side, [36] whilst Farijalapointed to the state of the lungs, which they describe as dried up, and covered with black and white patches.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874
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With skin dried to look like parchment, Karloff's Imhotep is a nightmare vision of sexual desire that persists even as the body decays.
Stefan Beck: Wrap Party: Freund's The Mummy and Baba Ghanoush Stefan Beck 2010
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With skin dried to look like parchment, Karloff's Imhotep is a nightmare vision of sexual desire that persists even as the body decays.
Stefan Beck: Wrap Party: Freund's The Mummy and Baba Ghanoush Stefan Beck 2010
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Red-bearded it was, and red-haired, but even in dried death there was an ironness of feature and a massive brow that hinted to him of mastery of secrets beyond his ken.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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 After the stain dried, I scratched it away using scratchboard tools.
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As long as they're not allergic to nuts, instead of the cookies try 10 raw almonds or walnuts and mix in dried fruits.
Valerie Orsoni: Counter Your School's Lunch Counter With Healthy Options Valerie Orsoni 2010
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Around Moscow, fires smoldered unchecked in dried out peat bogs, filling the capital with woodsmoke.
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Around Moscow, fires smoldered unchecked in dried out peat bogs, filling the capital with woodsmoke.
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