dry
Adjective
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tells us about: wetness - the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)similar to:
- adust, baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked - dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
- air-dried - made dry by contact with unheated air
- air-dry - not giving off moisture on exposure to the air
- arid, waterless - lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- bone dry, bone-dry - without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone
- desiccated, dried-out - thoroughly dried out
- dried - not still wet
- dried-up - depleted of water
- dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered - (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
- dry-shod - having or keeping the feet or shoes dry
- kiln-dried - dried in a kiln
- rainless - lacking rain
- semiarid - somewhat arid
- semi-dry - somewhat dry
- thirsty - needing moisture
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similar to: milkless - having no milk
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similar to:
- brut - (of champagne) extremely dry
- medium-dry - of a wine that is dry but not extremely dry
- sec, unsweet - (of champagne) moderately dry
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similar to: unexciting, unstimulating - not stimulatingsame as: juiceless
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similar to: solid - of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous
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similar to: unproductive - not producing or capable of producing
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similar to: plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple
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similar to: plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple
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similar to: alcoholic - characteristic of or containing alcohol
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similar to: unemotional - unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
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similar to: sober - not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)same as: teetotal
Noun
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is a type of: crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer - a disputant who advocates reformspecific instances:
- carry amelia moore nation, carry nation, nation - United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911)
- frances elizabeth caroline willard, willard - United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)
same as: prohibitionist
Verb
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subtypes:
- dehydrate, desiccate, dry up, exsiccate - lose water or moisture
- dehydrate, desiccate - remove water from
- spin-dry - dry (clothes) by spinning and making use of centrifugal forces
- tumble dry - dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder
- spray-dry - dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas
- dehumidify - make less humid
- parch, sear - cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
- rough-dry - dry without smoothing or ironing
- blow-dry - dry hair with a hair dryer
- drip-dry - dry by hanging up wet
- air - expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry
same as: dry out -
is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original naturesubtypes:same as: dry out
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