dry
/ˈdɹaɪ̯/ noun C2- The process by which something is dried. · This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry.
- A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it. · Come under my umbrella and keep in the dry.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
Plural drys
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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And cut it down to dry.
Of the double moats which had guarded its more warlike predecessor, the outer had been allowed to dry up, and served the humble function of a kitchen garden.
A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.
Take plenty of hot water, and be sure you dry them well.
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