drying up

Noun

Meaning

the process of extracting moisture

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

drying-up

Synonyms

evaporation dehydration desiccation insolation dehydrate desiccate mummify exsiccate drying exsiccation

Antonyms

watering dampening wetting dewing damping exuding

Hypernyms

extraction

Hyponyms

freeze-drying inspissation lyophilization lyophilisation

Related terms

dry up

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

The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. Lord Byron

All, except possibly Mweru, are more or less shallow, and Lake Chad appears to be drying up. Source: Internet

Additionally, streams and groundwater near the plantations are drying up. Source: Internet

Although the pandemic has created a crisis for several craft beverage makers by drying up taproom revenue, he said drink-makers will likely aim for multiple points of sale in the post-COVID world, from taprooms to multiple retailers. Source: Internet

For him, the Earth was slowly drying up and water only remained in the deepest regions, which someday would go dry as well. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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