English dictionary
dry
adjectivePronunciation
dɹaɪ
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
adjective
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
adjective
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
adjective
- without a mucous or watery discharge
adjective
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
adjective
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
adjective
- having no adornment or coloration
adjective
- unproductive especially of the expected results
adjective
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
adjective
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
adjective
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
adjective
- not shedding tears
adjective
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
adjective
- not producing milk
adjective
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
adjective
- lacking moisture or volatile components
noun
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
verb
- remove the moisture from and make dry
verb
- become dry or drier
Example sentences
he's been dry for ten years
no thank you, I happen to be teetotal
a dry greeting
a dry reading of the lines
a dry critique
a very dry martini is almost straight gin
a dry cough
that rare thing in the wintertime: a small child with a dry nose
dry humor
an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely
an ironic novel
an ironical smile
with a wry Scottish wit
dry toast
dry meat
dry facts
rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner
a dry run
a mind dry of new ideas
dry weight
a dry book
a dry lecture filled with trivial details
{'source': 'John Mason Brown', 'text': 'dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to … life'}
a dry white burgundy
a dry Bordeaux
dry sobs
with dry eyes
dry land
dry clothes
a dry climate
dry splintery boards
a dry river bed
a dry cow
the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers
a dry state
dry paint
dry hair
The laundry dries in the sun