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dried

 (drīd)
v.
Past tense and past participle of dry.
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dried

(draɪd)
vb
the past tense and past participle of dry
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dry

(draɪ)

adj. dri•er, dri•est, adj.
1. free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet.
2. having or characterized by little or no rain: the dry season.
3. characterized by absence, deficiency, or failure of natural or ordinary moisture.
4. not under, in, or on water: to be on dry land.
5. not now containing or yielding water or other liquid; depleted or empty of liquid: The well is dry.
6. not yielding milk: a dry cow.
7. free from tears: dry eyes.
8. drained or evaporated away: a dry river.
9. desiring drink; thirsty.
10. causing thirst: dry work.
11. served or eaten without butter, jam, etc.: dry toast.
12. (of bread, rolls, etc.) stale.
13. of or pertaining to nonliquid substances or commodities: dry measure; dry provisions.
14. dehydrated.
15. (esp. of wines) not sweet.
16. (of a cocktail) made with dry vermouth, esp. a relatively small amount.
17. characterized by or favoring prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors for use in beverages: a dry state.
18. free from the use of alcoholic drink; sober.
19. plain; bald; unadorned: dry facts.
20. dull; uninteresting: a dry subject.
21. expressed in a straight-faced, matter-of-fact way: dry humor.
22. indifferent; cold; unemotional: a dry answer.
23. unproductive: The greatest of artists have dry years.
24. (of lumber) fully seasoned.
25.
a. (of masonry construction) built without fresh mortar or cement.
b. (of a wall, ceiling, etc., in an interior) finished without the use of fresh plaster.
v.t.
26. to make dry; free from moisture: to dry the dishes.
v.i.
27. to become dry; lose moisture.
28. dry out, to undergo detoxification after drug or alcohol abuse.
29. dry up,
a. to cease to exist; evaporate.
b. Informal. to stop talking.
c. (in acting) to forget one's lines or part.
n.
30. a prohibitionist.
31. a dry area.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English drȳge; akin to Middle Dutch drōghe, Old High German trockan; compare drought]
dry′a•ble, adj.
dry′ly, adv.
dry′ness, n.
syn: dry, arid both mean without moisture. dry is the general word indicating absence of water or freedom from moisture, which may be favorable or unfavorable: a dry well; a dry bath towel. arid suggests intense dryness in a region or climate, resulting in bareness or in barrenness: arid tracts of desert.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.dried - not still wet; "the ink has dried"; "a face marked with dried tears"
dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
2.dried - preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat"
dehydrated, desiccated
preserved - prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use
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dried

adjective dehydrated, dry, dried-up, desiccated fresh or dried herbs
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Translations
sušený
tørret
kuivattu
osušen
aszalt
òurrka
乾燥させた
말린
posušen
torkad
แห้ง
kurukurutulmuş
đã khô

dried

[draɪd]
A. PT & PP of dry
B. ADJ [flowers, mushrooms, lentils] → seco; [milk] → en polvo
C. CPD dried fruit(s) N → frutas fpl pasas
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dried

[ˈdraɪd] adj
[fruit, beans] → sec(sèche)
dried flowers → fleurs séchées
[eggs, milk] → en poudredried fruit n (sultanas, raisins, currants) → fruits mpl secsdried-up [ˌdraɪdˈʌp] adj
[person] → desséché(e)
[grass, plant] → desséché(e)
(= dry) [river, lake, well] → tari(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dried

pret, ptp of dry
adj vegetables, herbs, apricots etc → getrocknet; blood → eingetrocknet; dried yeast → Trockenhefe f; dried egg → Trockenei nt, → Eipulver nt; dried milk → Trockenmilch f, → Milchpulver nt

dried

:
dried flowers
pl → Trockenblumen pl
dried fruit
n → Dörrobst nt, → Backobst nt
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dried

[draɪd] adj (fruit, beans, flowers, herbs) → secco/a; (milk,eggs) → in polvere; (soup) → liofilizzato/a
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.
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dried

→ مُجَفَّف sušený tørret getrocknet αποξηραμένος seco kuivattu séché osušen secco 乾燥させた 말린 gedroogd tørket suszony seco высушенный torkad แห้ง kuru đã khô 干的
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dried

pret & pp de dry
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