dry up

verbe

To become dry (often of weather); to lose water. (intransitive) · I'll go shopping when it dries up.· Last summer the lake completely dried up.
To cause to become dry. (transitive) · The heatwave dried up all the rivers.
To manually dry dishes and utensils. (intransitive) · I'll dry up if you wash up.
To deprive someone of (something vital). (transitive) · The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales.
To gradually decrease and eventually cease. (intransitive) · When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs.· After the stock market crash, the easy financing dried up.
To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say. (intransitive) · This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment.
To forget one's lines. (intransitive)
To stop talking or drop a topic. · Oh, dry up, you old fuddy-duddy!

Dans la bibliothèque

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.

The Valley of Fear, p. 22 · C1

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