dry

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Adjective

1. [[free|Free]] from or [[lack]]ing [[moisture]].
2. {{senseid|en|unable to produce a liquid, e.g., water, oil, milk}} {{U|unable}} to [[produce]] a [[liquid]], as [[water]], {{lb|en|petrochemistry}} [[oil]], or {{lb|en|farming}} [[milk]].
3. {{lb|en|masonry}} [[built|Built]] without or [[lack]]ing [[mortar]].
4. {{lb|en|chemistry}} [[anhydrous|Anhydrous]]: [[free]] from or [[lack]]ing [[water]] in [[any]] [[state]], [[regardless]] of the [[presence]] of [[other]] [[liquid]]s.
5. {{lb|en|figurative}} [[athirst|Athirst]], [[eager]].
6. [[free|Free]] from or [[lack]]ing [[alcohol]] or [[alcoholic]] [[beverage]]s.
7. {{lb|en|law}} [[describing|Describing]] an [[area]] where [[sale]]s of [[alcoholic]] or [[strong]] [[alcoholic]] [[beverage]]s are [[ban]]ned.
8. [[free|Free]] from or [[lack]]ing [[embellishment]] or [[sweetness]], ''[[particularly]]:''
9. {{lb|en|aviation}} Not using [[afterburner]]s or water injection for increased thrust.
10. {{lb|en|science|somewhat|_|pejorative}} [[involving|Involving]] [[computation]]s [[rather than]] [[work]] with [[biological]] or [[chemical]] [[matter]].
11. {{lb|en|of a sound recording}} Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
12. {{senseid|en|impotent}} Without a usual [[complement]] or [[consummation]]; [[impotent]].

Noun

1. The process by which something is dried.
2. {{lb|en|US}} A [[prohibitionist]] (of alcoholic beverages).
3. An area with little or no [[rain]], or sheltered from it.
4. {{lb|en|chiefly|Australia|with "the"}} The [[dry season]].
5. {{lb|en|Australia}} An area of [[waterless]] country.
6. Unsweetened [[ginger ale]]; [[dry ginger]].
7. {{lb|en|British|UK politics}} A radical or hard-line [[Conservative]]; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To lose moisture.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To remove moisture from.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To [[exhaust]]; to cause to [[run dry]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|informal|theatre}} For an [[actor]] to [[forget]] their [[line]]s while [[perform]]ing.

Phrase

1. {{lb|en|software engineering}} {{acronym of|en|w:Don't repeat yourself|don't repeat yourself|gloss=software development principle aimed at reducing repetition}}.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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