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# dry

«dry» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not wet; with no water: "dry clothes"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (dry, drier/dryer, driest); verb (dry, dries, dried, drying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not wet; with no water: "dry clothes". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#m1)

2) With little or no rain: "a dry summer". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#m2)

3) Thirsty: "My mouth is dry." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#m3)

4) Boring: "a dry book". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#m4)

5) Funny in a quiet, serious way: "dry humour". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#m5)

6) As a verb, to make or become dry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In science, things dry when water evaporates into the air; heat and wind make things dry faster; deserts are dry places. In everyday life: dry your hands after washing; dry grass catches fire easily. Phrases: dry up, dry off, blow-dry, dry land, high and dry.

### examples

- Dry your hands on the towel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x1)
- The desert is hot and dry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x2)
- The washing dried in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x3)
- My throat is dry; I need water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x4)
- The river dried up in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x5)
- Dry grass burns easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x6)
- Keep your feet dry in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x7)
- We were happy to reach dry land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x8)
- My throat is dry and burning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x9)

### note

He/she form: "dries"; past "dried" (y → ie). "Dryer" is also a machine for drying. Opposite: wet. A dry place for a fire can still be dangerous.

### In the corpora

- [One coat of paint often looks patchy, so a second coat is painted on once the first is dry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/11-when-things-break/13/)
- [Oil paint is pigment mixed with oil, often linseed oil; it dries slowly, so painters could blend smoothly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/8/)
- [Acrylic becomes plastic when dry and does not wash out easily, so artists wear old clothes or aprons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/16/)
- [A warm dry nose does not always mean a dog is ill; that is an old myth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces/10/)
- [Honey hardly ever goes off, because it is so sugary and dry that germs cannot grow in it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/218-bees-and-wasps-in-the-garden/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.