dry up

Verb

Meaning

lose water or moisture

dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

dry-up

Synonyms

dehydrate desiccate mummify exsiccate hush season shush DRY burn dried drain shrink fade evaporate clam

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Antonyms

yap twitter jabber maunder yak bellow

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Hypernyms

DRY shrink wither shrivel dry out shrivel up

Examples

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up. Pearl S. Buck

If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Take away freedom of speech, and the creative faculties dry up. George Orwell

Ink, if not used, will dry up. Polish Proverb

When husband and wife live in harmony, they can dry up the ocean without a bucket. Vietnamese Proverb

The river may dry up but she keeps her name. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

dry transfer dry type tuberculosis dry unit dry up and blow away dry valley dry vermouth