dry
/ˈdɹaɪ̯/
Free from or lacking moisture; Unable to produce a liquid, as water, oil, or milk; Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages
- comparative
- drier
- superlative
- driest
Meanings
- 1
Free from or lacking moisture
The air is really dry.
Tatoeba · DJ_Saidez · CC BY 2.0 FR
The air is dry today.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk
- 3
Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages
- 4
Built without or lacking mortarrare
- 5
Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquidsrare
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Athirst, eagerrare
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Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are bannedrare
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Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularlyrare
- 9
Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness; Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetenedrare
- 10
Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness; Amusing without showing amusementrare