dry

Without water or other liquid on or in it.

• My clothes are dry now.
• The soil stayed dry all summer.
• Keep the bread covered so it does not become dry.

Opposites: wet, moist

Common phrases: dry clothes, dry skin, keep something dry, a dry towel

Containing no water, even if another liquid is present.

• The reaction requires dry alcohol.
• Keep the dry solvent in a sealed bottle.
• Water in the sample means it is no longer dry.

Similar words: anhydrous, water-free

Common phrases: dry alcohol, dry solvent, dry ethanol

A place where rain cannot reach you, or where there is little rain.

• Come and sit in the dry.
• We moved into the dry when the rain started.
• The porch kept our bags in the dry.

Similar words: shelter

Common phrases: in the dry, into the dry

An occasion when water is removed from something, often using a machine.

• These towels need another dry.
• Give the clothes a quick dry before packing them.
• The wash and dry took two hours.

Similar words: drying

Common phrases: another dry, a quick dry, wash and dry

To become less wet, or make something less wet.

• Leave the clothes to dry.
• The paint dried overnight.
• Can you dry my hair?

Similar words: dehydrate, desiccate

Opposites: wet, moisten

Common phrases: dry your hands, dry in sunlight, dry something naturally, dry your eyes

To use up a supply completely so that nothing remains.

• The drought dried the well.
• Months of heat dried the village's water supply.
• Heavy pumping had dried every nearby spring.

Similar words: exhaust, deplete

Opposites: replenish

Common phrases: dry a well, dry the supply