Letters that make dry
d, r, y are letters that make 'dry'
Words within dry
are words within 'dry'
drys is a word created by adding a letter to 'dry'
19 possible definitions for 'dry'
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
dispassionateness, dryness, dispassion are derivatives of 'dry'.
unemotional is similar to dry.
"a dry greeting", "a dry reading of the lines", "a dry critique"
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
alcoholic is similar to dry.
"a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
dispassionateness, dryness, irony, sarcasm, dispassion, satire, caustic remark are derivatives of 'dry'.
"dry humor", "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely", "an ironic novel", "an ironical smile", "with a wry Scottish wit"
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
plain is similar to dry.
"dry toast", "dry meat"
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
plain is similar to dry.
"dry facts", "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
unproductive is similar to dry.
"a dry run", "a mind dry of new ideas"
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
solid is similar to dry.
"dry weight"
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
sweet has the opposite meaning of dry
brut, unsweet, medium-dry, sec are similar to 'dry'.
"a dry white burgundy", "a dry Bordeaux"
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
dryness, waterlessness, xerotes are derivatives of 'dry'.
"dry sobs", "with dry eyes"
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
dryness, waterlessness, xerotes are derivatives of 'dry'.
milkless is similar to dry.
"a dry cow"
Under this definition, dry is a verb and has the following properties:
dry out has the same meaning as dry
wet has the opposite meaning of dry
exsiccate, dry up, desiccate, desiccate, spin-dry, spray-dry, dehumidify, parch, rough-dry, blow-dry, dehydrate, tumble dry, drip-dry, sear, air, dehydrate are types of 'dry'.
dryer, drier, desiccant, drying agent, siccative are derivatives of 'dry'.
"dry clothes", "dry hair"
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
phlegmy has the opposite meaning of dry
dryness, waterlessness, xerotes are derivatives of 'dry'.
"a dry cough", "that rare thing in the wintertime
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
juiceless has the same meaning as dry
unexciting, unstimulating are similar to 'dry'.
"a dry book", "a dry lecture filled with trivial details", "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
wet has the opposite meaning of dry
wetness is an attribute of dry.
dryness, waterlessness, xerotes are derivatives of 'dry'.
adust, baked, scorched, arid, desiccated, sunbaked, shrivelled, withered, dried, dried-up, sere, sear, dry-shod, dried-out, dried-up, thirsty, parched, shriveled, air-dried, air-dry, waterless, bone-dry(a), bone dry(p), kiln-dried, rainless, semiarid, semi-dry are similar to 'dry'.
"dry land", "dry clothes", "a dry climate", "dry splintery boards", "a dry river bed", "the paint is dry"
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
teetotal has the same meaning as dry
sober is similar to dry.
"he's been dry for ten years", "no thank you
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
wet has the opposite meaning of dry
"the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers", "a dry state"
Under this definition, dry is an adjective and has the following properties:
wet has the opposite meaning of dry
dryness, waterlessness, xerotes are derivatives of 'dry'.
"dry paint"
Under this definition, dry is a noun and has the following properties:
prohibitionist has the same meaning as dry
'dry' can be a type of crusader, social reformer, meliorist, reformer, reformist.
Nation, Carry Nation, Willard, Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard, Carry Amelia Moore Nation. are instances of 'dry'
prohibition, prohibition era are derivatives of 'dry'.
Under this definition, dry is a verb and has the following properties:
dry out has the same meaning as dry
'dry' can be a type of change.
dryer, drier, desiccant, drying agent, siccative are derivatives of 'dry'.
"The laundry dries in the sun"