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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel. v[=i]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, ?, and E. withy. Cf. Vine, Vineyard, Vinous, Withy.] [1913 Webster] 1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. ``Red wine of Gascoigne.'' --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov. xx. 1. [1913 Webster] Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol, containing also certain small quantities of ethers and ethereal salts which give character and bouquet. According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines are called red, white, spirituous, dry, light, still, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine. [1913 Webster] 3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication. [1913 Webster] Noah awoke from his wine. --Gen. ix. 24. [1913 Webster] Birch wine, Cape wine, etc. See under Birch, Cape, etc. Spirit of wine. See under Spirit. To have drunk wine of ape or To have drunk wine ape, to be so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Wine acid. (Chem.) See Tartaric acid, under Tartaric. [Colloq.] Wine apple (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor. Wine fly (Zo["o]l.), small two-winged fly of the genus Piophila, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other fermented liquors. Wine grower, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine. Wine measure, the measure by which wines and other spirits are sold, smaller than beer measure. Wine merchant, a merchant who deals in wines. Wine of opium (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary laudanum; -- also Sydenham's laudanum. Wine press, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are pressed to extract their juice. Wine skin, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various countries, for carrying wine. Wine stone, a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See 1st Tartar, 1. Wine vault. (a) A vault where wine is stored. (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables; a dramshop. --Dickens. Wine vinegar, vinegar made from wine. Wine whey, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of wine. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Dry \Dry\ (dr[imac]), a. [Compar. Drier; superl. Driest.] [OE. dru[yogh]e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr["o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. Drought, Drouth, 3d Drug.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. [1913 Webster] The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. [1913 Webster] Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. [1913 Webster] Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. [1913 Webster] 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. [1913 Webster] These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. [1913 Webster] He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. [1913 Webster] Dry area (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. Dry blow. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. Dry bone (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. Dry castor (Zo["o]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also parchment beaver. Dry cupping. (Med.) See under Cupping. Dry dock. See under Dock. Dry fat. See Dry vat (below). Dry light, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. Dry masonry. See Masonry. Dry measure, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. Dry pile (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also Zamboni's, from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. Dry pipe (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. Dry plate (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. Dry-plate process, the process of photographing with dry plates. Dry point. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. Dry rent (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. Dry rot, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also sap rot, and, in the United States, powder post. --Hebert. Dry stove, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. Dry vat, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. Dry wine, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to sweet wine, in which the saccharine matter is in excess. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Dry \Dry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dried; p. pr. & vb. n. Drying.] [AS. drygan; cf. drugian to grow dry. See Dry, a.] To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay. [1913 Webster] To dry up. (a) To scorch or parch with thirst; to deprive utterly of water; to consume. [1913 Webster] Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. -- Is. v. 13. [1913 Webster] The water of the sea, which formerly covered it, was in time exhaled and dried up by the sun. --Woodward. (b) To make to cease, as a stream of talk. [1913 Webster] Their sources of revenue were dried up. -- Jowett (Thucyd. ) To dry a cow, or To dry up a cow, to cause a cow to cease secreting milk. --Tylor. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Dry \Dry\, v. i. 1. To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly. [1913 Webster] 2. To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up. [1913 Webster] 3. To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality. [1913 Webster] And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. --I Kings xiii. 4. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel. v[=i]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, ?, and E. withy. Cf. Vine, Vineyard, Vinous, Withy.] 1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. ``Red wine of Gascoigne.'' --Piers Plowman. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov. xx. 1. Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton. Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol, containing also certain small quantities of ethers and ethereal salts which give character and bouquet. According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines are called red, white, spirituous, dry, light, still, etc. 2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine. 3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication. Noah awoke from his wine. --Gen. ix. 24. Birch wine, Cape wine, etc. See under Birch, Cape, etc. Spirit of wine. See under Spirit. To have drunk wine of ape or wine ape, to be so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Wine acid. (Chem.) See Tartaric acid, under Tartaric. [Colloq.] Wine apple (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Dry \Dry\, a. [Compar. Drier; superl. Driest.] [OE. dru?e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr["o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. Drought, Drouth, 3d Drug.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. Dry area (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. Dry blow. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. Dry bone (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. Dry castor (Zo["o]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also parchment beaver. Dry cupping. (Med.) See under Cupping. Dry dock. See under Dock. Dry fat. See Dry vat (below). Dry light, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. Dry masonry. See Masonry. Dry measure, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. Dry pile (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. Dry pipe (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. Dry plate (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. Dry-plate process, the process of photographing with dry plates. Dry point. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. Dry rent (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. Dry rot, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also sap rot, and, in the United States, powder post. --Hebert. Dry stove, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. Dry vat, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. Dry wine, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to sweet wine, in which the saccharine matter is in excess.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Dry \Dry\, v. i. 1. To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly. 2. To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up. 3. To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. --I Kings xiii. 4.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Dry \Dry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dried; p. pr. & vb. n. Drying.] [AS. drygan; cf. drugian to grow dry. See Dry, a.] To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay. To dry up. (a) To scorch or parch with thirst; to deprive utterly of water; to consume. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. -- Is. v. 13. The water of the sea, which formerly covered it, was in time exhaled and dried up by the sun. --Woodward. (b) To make to cease, as a stream of talk. Their sources of revenue were dried up. -- Jowett (Thucyd. ) To dry, or dry up, a cow, to cause a cow to cease secreting milk. --Tylor.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
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] v 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]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dry Αγγλικά a. 1 ξηρός 2 στεγνός Αγγλικά vb. 1 ξηραίνω 2 ξεραίνω 3 στεγνώνω 4 σκουπίζω για να απομακρύνω το νερόFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dry a. 1 free from or lacking moisture. 2 unable to produce a liquid, as water, (lb en petrochemistry) oil, or (lb en farming) milk. 3 (lb en masonry) built without or lacking mortar. 4 (lb en chemistry) anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids. 5 (lb en figurative) athirst, eager. 6 free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages. 7 (lb en law) describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned. 8 free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, ''particularly:'' 9 # (lb en wine & other alcoholic beverages ginger ale) low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened. 10 # (lb en humor) amusing without showing amusement. 11 # Lacking interest, boring. 12 # (lb en fine arts) exhibit precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color. 13 (lb en aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust. 14 (lb en science somewhat pejorative) involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter. 15 (lb en of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb). 16 (senseid en impotent) Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent. n. 1 The process by which something is dried. 2 (lb en US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages). 3 An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it. 4 (lb en chiefly Australia with "the") The dry season. vb. 1 (lb en intransitive) To lose moisture. 2 (lb en transitive) To remove moisture from. 3 (lb en transitive figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry. 4 (lb en intransitive informal) For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing. Middle English a. (alt form enm drye) Romanian a. (l en dry) (gl: about drinks)From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dry- Welsh pre. (soft mutation of cy try-)From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Dry n. (surname: en).From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
DRY a. (lb en software engineering) Of code, having the quality of adhering to the principle of DRY; containing as little repetition as possible. phr. (lb en software engineering) (acronym of en w:Don't repeat yourself don't repeat yourself gloss=software development principle aimed at reducing repetition) vb. (lb en software engineering) To cause code to become DRY; to remove repetition from code.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
dry a. 1 free from or lacking moisture. 2 unable to produce a liquid, as water, (lb en petrochemistry) oil, or (lb en farming) milk. 3 (lb en masonry) built without or lacking mortar. 4 (lb en chemistry) anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids. 5 (lb en figurative) athirst, eager. 6 free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages. 7 (lb en law) describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned. 8 free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, ''particularly:'' 9 # (lb en wine & other alcoholic beverages ginger ale) low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened. 10 # (lb en humor) amusing without showing amusement. 11 # Lacking interest, boring. 12 # (lb en fine arts) exhibit precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color. 13 (lb en aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust. 14 (lb en science somewhat pejorative) involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter. 15 (lb en of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb). 16 (senseid en impotent) Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent. n. 1 The process by which something is dried. 2 (lb en US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages). 3 An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it. 4 (lb en chiefly Australia with "the") The dry season. vb. 1 (lb en intransitive) To lose moisture. 2 (lb en transitive) To remove moisture from. 3 (lb en transitive figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry. 4 (lb en intransitive informal) For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Dry n. (surname: en).From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
DRY a. (lb en software engineering) Of code, having the quality of adhering to the principle of DRY; containing as little repetition as possible. phr. (lb en software engineering) (acronym of en w:Don't repeat yourself don't repeat yourself gloss=software development principle aimed at reducing repetition) vb. (lb en software engineering) To cause code to become DRY; to remove repetition from code.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
dry a. 1 free from or lacking moisture. 2 unable to produce a liquid, as water, (lb en petrochemistry) oil, or (lb en farming) milk. 3 (lb en masonry) built without or lacking mortar. 4 (lb en chemistry) anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids. 5 (lb en figurative) athirst, eager. 6 free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages. 7 (lb en law) describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned. 8 free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, ''particularly:'' 9 # (lb en wine & other alcoholic beverages ginger ale) low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened. 10 # (lb en humor) amusing without showing amusement. 11 # Lacking interest, boring. 12 # (lb en fine arts) exhibit precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color. 13 (lb en aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust. 14 (lb en science somewhat pejorative) involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter. 15 (lb en of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb). 16 (senseid en impotent) Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent. n. 1 The process by which something is dried. 2 (lb en US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages). 3 An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it. 4 (lb en chiefly Australia with "the") The dry season. vb. 1 (lb en intransitive) To lose moisture. 2 (lb en transitive) To remove moisture from. 3 (lb en transitive figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry. 4 (lb en intransitive informal) For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing. Middle English a. (alt form enm drye) Romanian a. (l en dry) (gl: about drinks)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
dry- Welsh pre. (soft mutation of cy try-)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Dry n. (surname: en).From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
DRY a. (lb en software engineering) Of code, having the quality of adhering to the principle of DRY; containing as little repetition as possible. phr. (lb en software engineering) (acronym of en w:Don't repeat yourself don't repeat yourself gloss=software development principle aimed at reducing repetition) vb. (lb en software engineering) To cause code to become DRY; to remove repetition from code.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
dry Middle English a. (alt form enm drye) Old English n. wizard, sorcererFrom English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
dry- Welsh pre. (soft mutation of cy try-)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Dry n. (surname: en).From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
DRY a. (lb en software engineering) Of code, having the quality of adhering to the principle of DRY; containing as little repetition as possible. phr. (lb en software engineering) (acronym of en w:Don't repeat yourself don't repeat yourself gloss=software development principle aimed at reducing repetition) vb. (lb en software engineering) To cause code to become DRY; to remove repetition from code.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dry Englanti a. 1 (''myös kuvaannollisesti'') kuiva 2 sellainen, jossa on alkoholin vähittäismyyntikielto (kunnasta, piirikunnasta); missä alkoholi on kiellettyä Englanti vb. 1 kuivua 2 kuivattaa 3 kuivata 4 ehtyä 5 unohtaa vuorosanansaFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
dry Engelska a. 1 torr; innehåller ingen eller endast små mängder vätska 2 (tagg kemi språk=en) helt fri från vatten 3 som har sinat; som inte längre ger vatten, eller om det handlar om en ko, mjölk 4 som helt avstår från alkohol; torrlagd 5 torr; humorlös, tråkig; fri från känslomässigt engagemang Engelska n. (tagg språk=en brittisk engelska politik slang) omedgörlig Engelska vb. 1 (tagg: text=intransitivt) torka, bli torrare 2 (tagg: text=transitivt) torka, göra torrFrom English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ dor, droogFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Dry /dɹˈaɪ/ جافFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]сух 2. free from liquid or moisture 3. free of water in any state
dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. изсъхвам, съхна to become dry 2. изсушавам, суша to make dry
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]schnout
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]usušit
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]uschnout
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]osušit
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]prohibiční
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]oschnout
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]uschlý
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]vyschlý
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]nealkoholický
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]žíznivý
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]vyprahlý
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ sušitFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]suchý
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ vysušitFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]sucho
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]vyschnout
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ zaschlýFrom Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]hesbio
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]sychu
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ sychFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ [Am.] AlkoholgegnerFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Verfechter eines gesetzlichen Alkoholverbots Synonym: prohibitionist
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ herb, trockenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]see: drier, driest
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ regenarmFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]Synonyms: with little rain, with low rainfall
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ trockenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]"a dry wine" - ein trockener Wein see: drier, dryer, driest, dryest, bone dry, moderately dry
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ trocken, drögeFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][Mitteldt.] [Bayr.] [cook.] Note: Lebensmittel Note: foodstuffs
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ trocken verlegtFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Trockenmauer… [constr.] Synonym: laid dry
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ trockenstehendFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][agr.] Note: Vieh, das keine Milch gibt "The cows went dry in the wintertime." - Die Kühe haben / sind im Winter tockengestanden. Note: livestock not giving milk
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][coll.] Geschirr abtrocknen, abtrocknen [ugs.] Synonym: dry the dishes see: dry sth., drying, dried, dries, dried, undried, dry your hands., Dry your eyes.
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]langweilig, trocken
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ ξηρός, στεγνόςFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]1. kuiva free from liquid or moisture 2. absoluuttinen, kuiva, vedetön free of water in any state 3. kuiva, alkoholiton maintaining temperance
dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]1. kuivua, kuivaa to become dry 2. kuivata, kuivattaa to make dry
dry /driː/ 1. sec 2. sécherFrom English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 : [ freedict:eng-gle ]
dry /driː/ tirimFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. सूखा, शुष्क "Dry land" "Dry humor" "The dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers" "A dry cow" "A dry white burgundy" "A dry cough" "Dry sobs" "A dry book" "Ary weight" "A dry run" "Dry facts" "Dry toast" "His mouth was dry" "A very dry martini is almost straight gin" "A dry greeting"
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. सूखना "The laundry dries in the sun"
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. सुखाना "Dry the clothes outside"
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ brisati, isušiti, osušen, posušite, posušiti, suh, suha, suhih, suho, suhom, suhu, sušiti, sušiti se, sušnih, trezvenjačkiFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 1. tél 2. kiszáradt 3. töltés nélküli 4. víztelen sivatag 5. ostoba 6. hallgatag 7. vak 8. szárított 9. szesztilalom híve 10. fanyar 11. porított 12. száraz 13. prohibicionista 14. meddô 15. kimért 16. szomjas 17. unalmas 18. aszalt 19. terméketlen 20. tartózkodóFrom English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]
dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-ita ]kering free from liquid or moisture
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 1. secco 2. seccareFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]乾く free from liquid or moisture
dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-lat ]1. 乾く to become dry 2. 乾かす, 拭く to make dry
dry /driː/ assiccareFrom English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]
dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]tørr free from liquid or moisture
dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]tørke 2. to make dry 3. to become dry
dry /draɪ/ I.From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]suszyć się, suszyć II. 1. suchy 2. bezdeszczowy 3. sarkastyczny, cienki 4. [wino] wytrawny III. dry out /dɹˈaɪ ˈaʊt/ wysychać IV. dry up /dɹˈaɪ ˈʌp/ 1. wysychać 2. wycierać 3. przerywać się, przerywać
dry /driː/ 1. árido, enxuto, seco 2. enxugar, secarFrom English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ comadronaFrom English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]
dry /driː/ 1. seco 2. enjugar, secarFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]1. torr 2. free from liquid or moisture 3. free of water in any state 2. torrlagd, vit maintaining temperance
dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-swh ]torka 2. to make dry 3. to become dry
dry /dɹˈaɪ/From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]kavu
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 1. kuru, yağmursuz, kurak, susuz 2. susamış 3. kurumuş, suyu çekilmiş 4. süt vermez, sütü kesilmiş 5. sert, keskin 6. yavan, tatsız 7. sek (içki) 8. pirinç ve makarna gibi kuru (yiyecek) 9. sıkıcı 10. (A.B.D.), (k.dili.) içki yasağı uygulanan dryasdust sıkıcı. dry cell kuru pil.dry cleaning kuru temizleme.dry cough kuru öksürük.dry dock gemilerin bakım ve onarımlarının yapıldığı suyu boşaltılabilen havuz. dryeyed ağlamayan, göz yaşı dökmeyen. dry farming kuru tarım usulü. dry goods manifatura, mensucat. dry humor ince ve düşündürücü bir mizah tarzı. dry ice donmuş karbondioksit. dry kiln kereste kurutucu fırın. dry land kurak bölge. dry measure kuru şeylere mahsus hacim ölçü birimleri. dry nurse dadı .dry point asitsiz kullanılan hakkâk kalemi. dry rot kerestenin içindeki toz gibi çürüklük 11. meyvadaki çürük veya bu çürüğü meydana getiren mantarımsı şeyler 12. (mec.) ahlâki çöküntü. dry run deneme koşusu. dryshod ayaklar ıslanmadan. dry town (A.B.D.) (k.dili.) içki yasağı uygulanan şehir. dry wall harçsız taş duvar. dry wit ince nükte, farkında değilmiş gibi söylenen nükteli söz. The cow is dry. ineğin sütü kesilmiş. a dry speech yavan söz, tatsız konuşma. dry years verimsiz yıllar.dryly kuru bir şekilde 13. inceden inceye alay ederek. dryness kuru oluş 14. duygu veya hayal gücü eksikliği.From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 1. (ied) kurutmak 2. sütünü kesmek 3. kurumak 4. suyu veya sütü kesilmek. dry up bütün bütün kurumak veya kurutmak: (A.B.D)(argo)susmak, çenesini tutmak.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) : [ bouvier ]/ˈdɹaɪ/
DRY. Used figuratively, it signifies that which produces nothing; as, dry exchange; dry rent; rent seek.From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
341 Moby Thesaurus words for "dry": Rabelaisian, Saharan, Spartan, WCTU, acarpous, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, acetose, acid, acidulous, air-dry, anhydrate, anhydrous, antisaloon, apathetic, arid, ascetic, athirst, austere, bake, baked, bald, bare, barren, blah, blank, blast-freeze, bleed, bleed white, bloodless, blot, bone-dry, brassy, brazen, brine, broken-record, bromidic, brush, burn, cake, candid, caustic, celibate, characterless, childless, choked, coarse, cold, colorless, common, commonplace, concrete, congeal, corn, crab, crabbed, cracked, croaking, croaky, cure, cynical, dead, dehumidify, dehydrate, dehydrated, denude, deplete, depleted, deplume, desert, desiccate, desiccated, desolate, despoil, direct, discreet, dismal, displume, divest, draggy, drain, drained, drearisome, dreary, dried-up, droughty, dry as dust, dry-cure, dry-salt, dryasdust, dull, dusty, earthbound, effete, elephantine, embalm, empty, etiolated, evaporate, everlasting, exhaust, exhausted, exsiccate, fade, fallow, fire, flat, flay, fleece, frank, freeze, freeze-dry, fruitless, fume, gaunt, gelded, grating, green, gruff, guttural, harping, harsh, harsh-sounding, heavy, high and dry, ho-hum, hoarse, hollow, homely, homespun, humdrum, husky, impotent, impoverish, impoverished, inane, indurate, ineffectual, inexcitable, infecund, infertile, insipid, insolate, invariable, ironic, irradiate, issueless, jarring, jejune, jerk, jog-trot, juiceless, kiln, kipper, leached, leaden, lean, lifeless, like parchment, literal, long-winded, low-spirited, marinade, marinate, matter-of-fact, menopausal, metallic, milk, modest, moistureless, monotonous, mummify, mundane, natural, neat, nonfertile, nonproducing, nonproductive, nonprolific, open, pale, pallid, parch, parched, pedestrian, phlegmatic, pick clean, pickle, pickled, plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, plodding, pluck, pointless, poky, ponderous, preservatize, prohibitionist, prolix, prosaic, prosing, prosy, pungent, pure, quick-freeze, ragged, rasping, raucid, raucous, refrigerate, rough, roupy, rub, rude, rugged, rustic, salt, sandy, sapless, sapped, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric, scorch, sear, season, sec, sere, set, severe, shear, shovel, shrivel, simple, simple-speaking, sine prole, singsong, skin, slow, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up, sober, solemn, solidify, sour, sour as vinegar, soured, sourish, spare, spiritless, sponge, squawking, squawky, staid, stark, sterile, stertorous, stiff, stodgy, stoic, stolid, straightforward, strangled, strident, stridulous, strip, strip bare, stuff, stuffy, suck dry, sucked dry, sun, sun-dry, superficial, swab, tart, tartish, tasteless, tedious, teemless, teetotal, thick, thirsting, thirsty, throaty, tinny, torrefy, towel, treadmill, unadorned, unaffected, uncultivated, undamped, unembellished, uneventful, unfanciful, unfertile, unfruitful, ungarnished, unideal, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, uninventive, unlively, unoriginal, unplowed, unpoetic, unpoetical, unpretentious, unproductive, unprolific, unripe, unromantic, unromanticized, unsown, unsweet, unsweetened, untilled, unvarnished, unvarying, unwatered, vapid, vinegarish, vinegary, virgin, waste, wasted, waterless, weariful, wearisome, weazen, wipe, wither, without issue, wizen, woodenFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 干的,无酒的,枯燥无味的; v. 把...弄干,干掉;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 干的,无酒的,枯燥无味的,干燥的 vt. 把…弄干 vi. 变干 n. 干,干涸