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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dried \Dried\ (dr[imac]d), imp. & p. p. of {Dry}. Also adjective; as, dried apples.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dry \Dry\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Dried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drying}.] [AS. drygan; cf. drugian to grow dry. See {Dry}, a.] To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.
{To dry up}. (a) To scorch or parch with thirst; to deprive utterly of water; to consume.
Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. -- Is. v. 13.
The water of the sea, which formerly covered it, was in time exhaled and dried up by the sun. --Woodward. (b) To make to cease, as a stream of talk.
Their sources of revenue were dried up. -- Jowett (Thucyd. )
{To dry a cow}, or {To dry up a cow}, to cause a cow to cease secreting milk. --Tylor.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dried
adjective
1: not still wet; "the ink has dried"; "a face marked with dried tears"
2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat" [syn: {dehydrated}, {desiccated}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dry
adjective
1: free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" [ant: {wet}]
2: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit" [syn: {ironic}, {ironical}, {wry}]
3: opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state" [ant: {wet}]
4: not producing milk; "a dry cow" [ant: {wet}]
5: (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy" [ant: {sweet}]
6: without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose" [ant: {phlegmy}]
7: not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
8: lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown [syn: {juiceless}]
9: used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight"
10: unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
11: having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
12: (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat"
13: suffering from fluid deprivation; "his mouth was dry"
14: having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
15: lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"
16: practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal" [syn: {teetotal}]
noun: a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages [syn: {prohibitionist}]
verb
1: remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair" [syn: {dry out}] [ant: {wet}]
2: become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" [syn: {dry out}] [also: {dried}, {dryest}, {dryer}, {driest}, {drier}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dried See {dry}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "dried": adust, baked, burnt, corky, dehydrated, desiccated, dried-up, evaporated, exsiccated, mummified, parched, scorched, sear, seared, sere, shriveled, sun-dried, sunbaked, weazened, wind-dried, withered, wizened
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