1. (Of food) Eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
2. (Of wines) Not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
3. Free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
4. Having a large proportion of strong liquor
5. Having no adornment or coloration
> 6. Humorously sarcastic or mocking; SYN. ironic, ironical, wry.
7. Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; SYN. juiceless.
8. Lacking warmth or emotional involvement
9. Not producing milk
10. Not shedding tears
11. Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
12. Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; SYN. teetotal.
13 suffering from fluid deprivation
14. Unproductive especially of the expected results
15. Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
16. Without a mucous or watery discharge

Množina: dries

1. The condition of being dry; dryness
2. Something dry; especially; a dry place
3. Opposes intoxicating beverages; SYN. prohibitionist.

1. To become dry or drier; SYN. dry out.
2. To remove the moisture from and make dry; SYN. dry out.

When something dries off or you dry something off, water or other liquids that are on it evaporate.

When something dries out or something dries it out, all the water or other liquid in it goes away.

When something dries up or something dries it up, all the water or other liquid in it goes away.

Množina: dry airs

Boring. dryasdust, dry-as-dust

Množina: dry batteries

A voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells.

Množina: dry bulb temperatures

Measured air temperature, usually paired with a wet-bulb temperature to derive a value of relative humidity .

Množina: dry canteens

Množina: dry cells

A small Leclanche cell containing no free liquid; the electrolyte is a paste and the negative zinc pole forms the container of the cell; used in flashlights, portable radios, etc.