dry

გამოთქმა: /drʌɪ/

Universal

1free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist:the jacket kept me warm and dry he wiped the table dry with his shirt
(of paint, ink, etc.) having lost all wetness or moisture over a period of time:wait until the paint is dry
for use without liquid:the conversion of dry latrines into the flushing type
with little or no rainfall or humidity:the West Coast has had two dry winters in a row
(of a river, lake, or stream) empty of water as a result of lack of rainfall:the river is always dry at this time of year
(of a source) not yielding a supply of water or oil:a dry well
thirsty or thirst-making:working in the hot sun is making me dry
(of a cow or other domestic animal) no longer producing milk: the rye has been strip-grazed by dry cows the cows went dry in the wintertime
without grease or other moisturizer or lubricator:cream conditioners for dry hair
(of bread or toast) without butter or other spreads:only dry bread and water

2(of information, writing, etc.) dully factual:the dry facts of the matter
unemotional, undemonstrative, or impassive:it transformed him from a dry administrator into the people’s hero

3(of a joke or sense of humour) subtle and expressed in a matter-of-fact way:he delighted his friends with a dry, covert sense of humour

4prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic drink:the country is strictly dry, in accordance with Islamic law
(of a person) no longer addicted to or drinking alcohol:I heard much talk about how sobriety was more than staying straight or dry

6British relating to political ‘dries’ dry (sense 3 of the noun); rigidly monetarist.

Universal

2 (the dry) a dry or covered place.
chiefly Australian the dry season:the grass was yellowing and the dry had started
Australian a tract of waterless country:the forty-mile dry

3 (usually dries) British a Conservative politician (especially in the 1980s) in favour of strict monetarist policies.

4US a person in favour of the prohibition of alcohol: evangelical dries had seen to it that the nearest bottle of whiskey was miles away

Universal

1become dry:waiting for the paint to dry do not let the soil dry out pools are left as the rivers dry up
[with object] cause to become dry:they had washed and dried their hair
[with object] wipe tears from (the eyes):she dried her eyes and blew her nose
(also British dry up) wipe dishes dry with a cloth after they have been washed: ‘I’ll wash, Sara, you dry’
[with object] (usually as adjective dried) preserve by allowing or encouraging evaporation of moisture from:dried flowers

2 theatrical slang forget one’s lines:a colleague of mine once dried in the middle of a scene

come up dry: North American be unsuccessful:experiments have so far come up dry
(as) dry as a bone: extremely dry.
(as) dry as dust: extremely dry: his throat was dry as dust; extremely dull; lacking emotion, expression, or interest:what the students learned was as dry as dust
there wasn't a dry eye (in the house): (with reference to a play, film, or similar event) everyone in the audience was moved to tears.

dry an animal off: cease milking and reduce the rations of a cow or other animal so that it stops producing milk: cows are dried off about 90 days before calving
dry out: informal overcome alcoholism:he intends to dry out and get his life back together again
dry up

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