dry

1. Free from liquid or moisture;
   Lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water;
   Or no longer wet (synset 302562150)
   "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
   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
2. Humorously sarcastic or mocking (synset 301269202)
   "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"
   similar to: humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor
   same as: ironic, ironical, wry
3. Lacking moisture or volatile components (synset 302566037)
   "dry paint"
4. Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages (synset 302565710)
   "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state"
5. Not producing milk (synset 302565316)
   "a dry cow"
   similar to: milkless - having no milk
6. (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation (synset 302376353)
   "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux"
   also:

   • nonsweet, sugarless - not containing sugar
   • sour - having a sharp biting taste
   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
7. Without a mucous or watery discharge (synset 301182213)
   "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
8. Not shedding tears (synset 302483551)
   "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
   similar to: dry-eyed, tearless - free from tears
9. Lacking interest or stimulation;
   Dull and lifeless (synset 302315409)
   "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"
   similar to: unexciting, unstimulating - not stimulating
   same as: juiceless
10. Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones (synset 302268486)
    "dry weight"
    similar to: solid - of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous
11. Unproductive especially of the expected results (synset 301873002)
    "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
    similar to: unproductive - not producing or capable of producing
12. Having no adornment or coloration (synset 301797615)
    "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
    similar to: plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple
13. (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish (synset 301797482)
    "dry toast"; "dry meat"
    similar to: plain - not elaborate or elaborated; simple
14. Having a large proportion of strong liquor (synset 301162344)
    "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
    similar to: alcoholic - characteristic of or containing alcohol
15. Lacking warmth or emotional involvement (synset 300860574)
    "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"
    similar to: unemotional - unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
16. Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages (synset 300803524)
    "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
    similar to: sober - not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
    same as: teetotal

1. A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages (synset 110057647)
   is a type of: crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer - a disputant who advocates reform
   specific 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

1. Remove the moisture from and make dry (synset 200218901)
   "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
   causes: dry, dry out - become dry or drier
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   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
2. Become dry or drier (synset 200219829)
   "The laundry dries in the sun"
   is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   subtypes:

   • scorch - become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions
   • dry out, run dry - become empty of water
   same as: dry out

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