dry up

Verb
  1. Lose water or moisture (synset 200211534)
    "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
    is a type of: dry, dry out - remove the moisture from and make dry
    same as: dehydrate, desiccate, exsiccate
  2. Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture (synset 200243091)
    "a mummified body was found"
    is a type of: shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither - wither, as with a loss of moisture
    same as: mummify
    verb group: mummify - remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it

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