Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Serving to dry; adapted to exhaust moisture: as, a drying wind or day.
- Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry and hard: as, a drying oil. See
oil .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture
- adjective Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry.
- adjective an oil which, either naturally or after boiling with oxide of lead, absorbs oxygen from the air and dries up rapidly.
Drying oils are used as the bases of many paints and varnishes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
dry .
Etymologies
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Examples
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'It was what we call a drying-up, or withering of the System.'
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822
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The trick to taming the 'fu, I've learned, is in drying it out.
Archive 2009-06-01 Sarah 2009
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In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, some manufacturers and analysts have worried about the short-term drying up of orders from Japan as it wrestles with failed communications networks and the scope of the catastrophe.
West Coast Ports: No Operational Impact Yet from Japan Quake Caroline Van Hasselt 2011
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The trick to taming the 'fu, I've learned, is in drying it out.
The Taming of the 'Fu Sarah 2009
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Things are going to begin drying up for Mr. Obamy.
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The peeling and drying is part of the healing process.
Tattoo Your Eyebrow Gaara Style Jerine 2008
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He then winnows out the peas from their shells and other debris, and brings them home for his wife to finish cleaning and drying them (the final drying is done in the oven).
Recipe: Fennel-Scented Black-eyed Peas and Wild Greens (Φασόλια Μαυρομάτικα με Χόρτα και Μάραθο) Laurie Constantino 2007
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He then winnows out the peas from their shells and other debris, and brings them home for his wife to finish cleaning and drying them (the final drying is done in the oven).
Archive 2007-12-01 Laurie Constantino 2007
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Yes the size has to be same so the drying is even.
Archive 2007-03-01 Anjali 2007
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Yes the size has to be same so the drying is even.
Sun Dried Tomatoes Anjali 2007
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