Definitions
of dry
1. [adj] - opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages 2. [adj] - not producing milk 3. [adj] - free from liquid or moisture 4. [adj] - not shedding tears 5. [adj] - (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation 6. [adj] - lacking interest or stimulation 7. [adj] - used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones 8. [adj] - unproductive especially of the expected results 9. [adj] - having no adornment or coloration 10. [adj] - (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish 11. [adj] - suffering from fluid deprivation 12. [adj] - humorously sarcastic or mocking 13. [adj] - without a mucous or watery discharge 14. [adj] - having a large proportion of strong liquor 15. [adj] - lacking warmth or emotional involvement 16. [adj] - practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages 17. [n] - a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages 18. [v] - become dry or drier 19. [v] - remove the moisture from and make dry
Quotes
- Example use of the word dry1. dry clothes 2. dry hair 3. The laundry dries in the sun 4. he's been dry for ten years 5. no thank you 6. I happen to be teetotal 7. a dry greeting 8. a dry reading of the lines 9. a dry critique 10. a very dry martini is almost straight gin 11. a dry cough 12. that rare thing in the wintertime 13. a small child with a dry nose 14. dry humor 15. an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely 16. an ironic novel 17. an ironical smile 18. with a wry Scottish wit 19. his mouth was dry 20. dry toast 21. dry meat 22. dry facts 23. rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner 24. a dry run 25. a mind dry of new ideas 26. dry weight 27. dull and lifeless 28. a dry book 29. a dry lecture filled with trivial details 30. dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life- John Mason Brown 31. a dry white burgundy 32. dry sobs 33. with dry eyes 34. lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water 35. or no longer wet 36. dry land 37. dry clothes 38. a dry climate 39. dry splintery boards 40. a dry river bed 41. the paint is dry 42. a dry cow 43. the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers 44. a dry state
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