Dry

verb

draɪ

Adjective

lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
“a dry book”
“a dry lecture filled with trivial details”
Similar:Juiceless
humorously sarcastic or mocking
“dry humor”
Similar:IronicIronicalWry
practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
“he's been dry for ten years”
Similar:Teetotal
(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
“a dry white burgundy”
“a dry Bordeaux”
See also:SourNonsweetSugarless
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”
having no adornment or coloration
“dry facts”
“rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner”
lacking warmth or emotional involvement
“a dry greeting”
“a dry reading of the lines”
“a dry critique”
not shedding tears
“dry sobs”
“with dry eyes”
(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
“dry toast”
“dry meat”
unproductive especially of the expected results
“a dry run”
“a mind dry of new ideas”
having a large proportion of strong liquor
“a very dry martini is almost straight gin”
not producing milk
“a dry cow”
used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
“dry weight”

a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
Similar:Prohibitionist
Type of:CrusaderReformerReformist

remove the moisture from and make dry
“dry clothes”
“dry hair”
Type of:ModifyChangeAlter
become dry or drier
“The laundry dries in the sun”
Type of:Change

opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
“the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers”
“a dry state”
without a mucous or watery discharge
“a dry cough”
“that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose”
lacking moisture or volatile components
“dry paint”