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dry·er

 (drī′ər)
n.
1. An appliance that removes moisture by heating or another process: a clothes dryer; a hair dryer.
2. Variant of drier1.
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dryer

(ˈdraɪə)
n
1. a person or thing that dries
2. an apparatus for removing moisture by forced draught, heating, or centrifuging
3. (Chemical Engineering) any of certain chemicals added to oils such as linseed oil to accelerate their drying when used as bases in paints, etc

dryer

(ˈdraɪə)
adj
a variant spelling of drier1
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dry•er

(ˈdraɪ ər)

n.
1. Also, drier. a machine, appliance, or apparatus for removing moisture, as by forced heat: a hair dryer.
2. drier 1 (defs. 1, 2).
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.dryer - an appliance that removes moisturedryer - an appliance that removes moisture  
drier
appliance - durable goods for home or office use
clothes drier, clothes dryer - a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing
blow drier, blow dryer, hair drier, hair dryer, hand blower - a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair
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Translations
مُجَفِّفمُجَفِّف، جِهاز تَنْشيف
sušička
tørrer
kuivaaja
sušilo
òurrkari
乾燥機
건조기
sušič
torktumlare
ที่เป่าผม
máy sấy

dryer

[ˈdraɪəʳ] N (for hair) → secador m; (for clothes) (= machine) → secadora f; (= rack) → tendedero m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dryer

[ˈdraɪər] n (also tumble dryer) → sèche-linge m (also spin-dryer) → essoreuse f (also hair dryer) → sèche-cheveux m tumble dryer, hairdryerdry goods npl (US) (= food) → épicerie f (denrées)dry ice n → neige f carboniquedrying up n (British) to do the drying up → essuyer la vaisselledry land n → terre f ferme
on dry land → sur la terre ferme
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dryer

n (for clothes) → Wäschetrockner m; (= spin dryer) → Wäscheschleuder f; (for hands) → Händetrockner m; (for hair) → Föhn m, → Haartrockner m; (over head) → Trockenhaube f; (in paint) → Trockenstoff m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dryer

drier [ˈdraɪəʳ] n (for hair) → föhn m inv, asciugacapelli m inv; (at hairdresser's) → casco m asciugacapelli inv; (for clothes) → asciugabiancheria m inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dry

(drai) adjective
1. having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc. The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children.
2. uninteresting and not lively. a very dry book.
3. (of humour or manner) quiet, restrained. a dry wit.
4. (of wine) not sweet.
verb – past tense, past participle dried –
to (cause to) become dry. I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun.
dried adjective
(of food) having had moisture removed for the purpose of preservation. dried flowers; dried fruit.
ˈdrier, ˈdryer noun
a machine etc that dries. a spin-drier; a hair-dryer.
ˈdrily, ˈdryly adverb
in a quiet, restrained (and humorous) manner. He commented drily on the untidiness of the room.
ˈdryness noun
ˌdry-ˈclean verb
to clean (clothes etc) with chemicals, not with water.
dry land
the land as opposed to the sea etc.
dry off
to make or become completely dry. She climbed out of the swimming-pool and dried off in the sun.
dry up
1. to lose water; to cease running etc completely. All the rivers dried up in the heat.
2. to become used up. Supplies of bandages have dried up.
3. to make dry. The sun dried up the puddles in the road.
4. (of a speaker) to forget what he is going to say. He dried up in the middle of his speech.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

dryer

→ مُجَفِّف sušička tørrer Wäschetrockner στεγνωτήριο secador, secadora kuivaaja séchoir sušilo asciugatrice 乾燥機 건조기 droger tørker suszarka secador, secadora сушилка torktumlare ที่เป่าผม kurutucu máy sấy 烘干机
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