dry adj

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" [ant: wet]

2 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" [syn: ironic, ironical, wry]

3 opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state" [ant: wet]

4 not producing milk; "a dry cow" [ant: wet]

5 (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy" [ant: sweet]

6 without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose" [ant: phlegmy]

7 not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"

8 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"- John Mason Brown [syn: juiceless]

9 used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight"

10 unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"

11 having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"

12 (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat"

13 suffering from fluid deprivation; "his mouth was dry"

14 having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"

15 lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"

16 practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal" [syn: teetotal] n : a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages [syn: prohibitionist]

1 remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair" [syn: dry out] [ant: wet]

2 become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" [syn: dry out] [also: dried, dryest, dryer, driest, drier]dryer n : an appliance that removes moisture [syn: drier]dryer See dry

English

Alternative spellings

• drier (less common, possibly considered incorrect by some speakers)

Not to be confused with drier, an inflected form of the adjective dry.

Noun

1. An electric and/or natural gas-powered household appliance that removes the water from clothes, usually though heat and a tumbling motion caused by placing them in a rotating drum.

Synonyms

• clothes dryer

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