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Word: Dry
Speech Type: Adjective
Old English drȳge (adjective), drȳgan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German dröge, Dutch droog, and German trocken
drʌɪ
free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist
Short Definition:free from moisture
Examples:- the jacket kept me warm and dry
- he wiped the table dry with his shirt
(of information, writing, etc.) dealing primarily with facts and presented in a dull, uninteresting way
Short Definition:dully factual
Examples:- he not only avoids dry accounts of regimes and rulers, but enables the reader to feel how the substance of daily life has changed
- the commentary is very dry, with little of interest to even the most avid fan
(of a joke or sense of humour) subtle and expressed in a matter-of-fact way
Short Definition:(of humour) subtle
Examples:- he delighted his friends with a dry, covert sense of humour
prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic drink
Short Definition:prohibiting alcohol
Examples:- the country is strictly dry, in accordance with Islamic law
(of an alcoholic drink) not sweet
Short Definition:(of wine etc.) not sweet
Examples:- a dry, medium-bodied red wine
relating to political ‘dries’; rigidly monetarist.
Short Definition:relating to political dries
Word: Dry
Speech Type: Verb
drʌɪ
become dry
Short Definition:become dry
Examples:- allow 24 hours for the paint to dry
forget one's lines
Short Definition:forget lines
Examples:- a colleague of mine once dried in the middle of a scene
Word: Dry
Speech Type: Noun
drʌɪ
the process or an instance of drying.
Short Definition:process or instance of drying
a dry or covered place.
Short Definition:dry or covered place
a Conservative politician (especially in the 1980s) in favour of strict monetarist policies.
Short Definition:politician favouring monetarism
a person in favour of the prohibition of alcohol
Short Definition:person favouring prohibition of alcohol
Examples:- evangelical dries had seen to it that the nearest bottle of whiskey was miles away
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