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Definition of Dry up

1. Verb. Lose water or moisture. "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"

2. Verb. Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture. "A mummified body was found"

Definition of Dry up

1. Verb. (intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To cause to become dry. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To deprive someone of (something vital). ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To cease to exist; to disappear ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive transitive) To manually dry dishes ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To stop talking, to forget what one was going to say. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dry Up

dry rot dry run dry runs dry season dry seasons dry socket dry spells dry steering dry sump dry synovitis

dry tetter dry ton dry unit dry up (current term) dry vermouth dry vomiting dry wall dry walling dry wash dry weight

dryable dryad dryades dryadic dryads dryandra dryandras dryas

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