dry off

sécher, essuyer

Enlever l’eau sur une personne ou une chose, souvent avec une serviette.

En anglais simple : To remove water from someone or something, often with a towel.

• Dry off your hands.
• He dried himself off after swimming.
• Can you dry the dog off before it comes inside?

Comment l'utiliser : dry someone/something off (She dried the dog off with a towel.)

Synonymes : dry, towel dry

Contraires : wet

Expressions courantes : dry off someone, dry off something, dry yourself off

sécher

Perdre son humidité et devenir sec après avoir été mouillé.

En anglais simple : To become dry after being wet.

• My clothes will dry off soon.
• We dried off in the sun after swimming.
• Let the seats dry off before you sit down.

Synonymes : dry

Expressions courantes : dry off outside, dry off naturally

tarir une vache

Cesser de traire une vache pendant une période avant qu’elle mette bas.

En anglais simple : To stop milking a cow for a period before it gives birth.

• The farmer dried off the cow.
• These cows must be dried off before they give birth.
• When do you dry off pregnant cows?

Comment l'utiliser : dry a cow off (We dry each cow off several weeks before calving.)

Expressions courantes : dry off cows, dry off something