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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 νερό

From 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, sorcerer

From 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 vuorosanansa

From 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 torr

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  dor, droog

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  جاف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/ 
  сух 2.
  free from liquid or moisture
   3.
  free of water in any state

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/ 
  1. изсъхвам, съхна
  to become dry
  2. изсушавам, суша
  to make dry

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  schnout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  usušit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  uschnout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  osušit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  prohibiční

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  oschnout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  uschlý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  vyschlý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  nealkoholický

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  žíznivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  vyprahlý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  sušit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  suchý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  vysušit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  sucho

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  vyschnout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  zaschlý

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  hesbio 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  sychu 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  sych 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
   [Am.] Alkoholgegner , Verfechter eines gesetzlichen Alkoholverbots
     Synonym: prohibitionist
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  herb, trocken 
   see: drier, driest
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  regenarm 
     Synonyms: with little rain, with low rainfall
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  trocken 
        "a dry wine"  - ein trockener Wein
   see: drier, dryer, driest, dryest, bone dry, moderately dry
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  trocken, dröge  [Mitteldt.]  [Bayr.]  [cook.]
           Note: Lebensmittel
           Note: foodstuffs

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  trocken verlegt , Trockenmauer… [constr.]
     Synonym: laid dry
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  trockenstehend  [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

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
   [coll.] Geschirr abtrocknen, abtrocknen [ugs.]
     Synonym: dry the dishes
  
   see: dry sth., drying, dried, dries, dried, undried, dry your hands., Dry your eyes.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  langweilig, trocken 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  
  ξηρός, στεγνός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/ 
  1. kuiva
  free from liquid or moisture
  2. absoluuttinen, kuiva, vedetön
  free of water in any state
  3. kuiva, alkoholiton
  maintaining temperance

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/ 
  1. kuivua, kuivaa
  to become dry
  2. kuivata, kuivattaa
  to make dry

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  dry /driː/
  1. sec
  2. sécher

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  dry /driː/
  tirim

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  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"

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  1. सूखना
        "The laundry dries in the sun"

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  1. सुखाना
        "Dry the clothes outside"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  brisati, isušiti, osušen, posušite, posušiti, suh, suha, suhih, suho, suhom, suhu, sušiti, sušiti se, sušnih, trezvenjački

From 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. tartózkodó

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/ 
  kering
  free from liquid or moisture

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  1. secco
  2. seccare

From 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]/ 
  乾く
  free from liquid or moisture

From 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]/ 
  1. 乾く
  to become dry
  2. 乾かす, 拭く
  to make dry

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  dry /driː/
  assiccare

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/ 
  tørr
  free from liquid or moisture

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/ 
  tørke 2.
  to make dry
   3.
  to become dry

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  dry /draɪ/
  I.    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

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  dry /driː/
  1. árido, enxuto, seco
  2. enxugar, secar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/
  comadrona

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  dry /driː/
  1. seco
  2. enjugar, secar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/ 
  1. torr 2.
  free from liquid or moisture
   3.
  free of water in any state
  2. torrlagd, vit
  maintaining temperance

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  dry //dɹaɪ// /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔aɪ̯]/ /[d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]/ /[d͡ʒɹaɪ̯]/ 
  torka 2.
  to make dry
   3.
  to become dry

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  dry /dɹˈaɪ/ 
  
  kavu

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  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 ]

  

/ˈdɹaɪ/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  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, wooden
  
  

From 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

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