dry out

sécher, dessécher

Enlever toute l’eau, ou presque, de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To remove all or most of the water from something.

• The sun will dry out the towels.
• The hot air dried out my skin.
• Can we dry these boots out by the fire?

Comment l'utiliser : dry something out (The heater dried my shoes out overnight.)

Synonymes : dry, dehydrate

Contraires : moisten, wet

Expressions courantes : dry out clothes, dry out something, dry something out

sécher, se dessécher

Perdre son eau ou son humidité et devenir sec.

En anglais simple : To lose water or moisture and become dry.

• My shoes need to dry out.
• The soil dried out during the hot summer.
• Keep the lid on so the bread does not dry out.

Synonymes : dry, dehydrate

Expressions courantes : dry out completely, dry out quickly, dry out overnight

se désintoxiquer, désintoxiquer

Arrêter l’alcool ou les drogues et se remettre de leurs effets, ou aider quelqu’un à le faire.

En anglais simple : To stop using alcohol or drugs and recover from their effects, or help someone do this.

• He went to a clinic to dry out.
• She dried out after years of heavy drinking.
• They helped him dry out before he returned home.

Comment l'utiliser : dry out in somewhere (He spent several weeks drying out in a clinic.); dry someone out (The clinic helped dry him out.)

Synonymes : sober up, detox

Expressions courantes : dry out somewhere, dry someone out

perdre son huile

Pour une piste de bowling, perdre une partie de sa couche d’huile, ce qui modifie le mouvement des boules.

En anglais simple : When a bowling lane does this, its oil covering becomes thinner and changes how balls move.

• The bowling lane began to dry out.
• As the lanes dried out, our balls curved more.
• These lanes dry out faster when many players use them.

Expressions courantes : dry out gradually, dry out unevenly