drying

Speech parts

1. drying - Noun

2. drying - Adjective

3. drying - Verb

Meaning

of Dry

Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room.

Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

preserve burning dried freezing drought cure drain evaporation airing drier curing draining dehydration wipe bake
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Antonyms

precipitation flooding watering soaking dampening wetting
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Phrases with the word

drying rack drying out drying unit drying device clothes drying machine clothes-drying frame

Anagrams

grindy

Examples

Drying up in conversation, You will be the one who cannot talk, All your insides fall to pieces, You just sit there wishing you could still make love. Thom Yorke

Drying a widow's tears is one of the most dangerous occupations known to man. Dorothy Dix

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely. Pam Brown

When you see gossamer flying, be sure the air is drying. American Proverb

It's the same to the sauna if the drying barn burns. Finnish Proverb

You know you're in Laihia when toilet papers are drying on the clotheslines. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

drygulch drygulcher dryhanded drying agent drying agents drying apparatus