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Adjective dry has 16 senses
- dry - 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"
Antonyms: wet, bedewed, dewy, besprent, sprinkled, boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, swampy, clammy, dank, damp, dampish, moist, drenched, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, sopping, soppy, drippy, drizzly, dunked, soused, humid, misty, muggy, steamy, perspiring, sweating, sweaty, reeking, dripping, rheumy, showery, rainy, soggy, waterlogged, steaming, sticky, tacky, washed, watery, undried
- dry, ironic, ironical, wry - 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"
Antonyms: humorless, humourless, unhumorous (indirect, via humorous)
- dry - opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state"
Antonym: wet
- dry - not producing milk; "a dry cow"
Antonyms: wet, lactating, fresh
- dry - (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"
Antonym: sweet
- dry - without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
Antonyms: phlegmy, loose
- dry - not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
Antonym: tearful (indirect, via tearless)
- dry, juiceless - 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
Antonym: stimulating (indirect, via unstimulating)
- dry - used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight"
Antonym: liquid (indirect, via gaseous, solid)
Antonym: gaseous (indirect, via solid, liquid)
- dry - unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
Antonym: productive (indirect, via unproductive)
- dry - having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
Antonym: fancy (indirect, via plain)
- dry - (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat"
Antonym: fancy (indirect, via plain)
- dry - suffering from fluid deprivation; "his mouth was dry"
Antonym: hungry (indirect, via thirsty)
- dry - having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
Antonyms: nonalcoholic, soft (indirect, via alcoholic)
- dry - lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"
Antonym: emotional (indirect, via unemotional)
- dry, teetotal - practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
Antonyms: intoxicated, drunk, inebriated (indirect, via sober)
Noun drier has 2 senses
- desiccant, drying agent, drier, sicative - a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
--1 is a kind of chemical agent
- dryer, drier - an appliance that removes moisture
--2 is a kind of appliance
--2 has particulars:
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