DICTOMETER

DRY

(dry, enjuto, secar, seco, árido, gold, tørke, tørr)

1. Synonyms:
   • Dry
   • Prohibitionist
   Definitions:
   • a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Dry
   • Dry out
   Definitions:
   • remove the moisture from and make dry
   Examples:
   • Dry clothes
   • Dry hair
   Antonyms:
   wet
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Dry
   • Dry out
   Definitions:
   • become dry or drier
   Examples:
   • The laundry dries in the sun
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Dry
   Definitions:
   • free from liquid or moisture
   • lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water
   • or no longer wet
   Examples:
   • Dry land
   • Dry clothes
   • A dry climate
   • Dry splintery boards
   • A dry river bed
   • The paint is dry
   Antonyms:
   • WET
   • bedewed, dewy
   • besprent
   • boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
   • clammy, dank
   • damp, dampish, moist
   • sodden, soppy
   • drippy, drizzly
   • humid
   • misty
   • muggy, steamy, sticky
   • reeking, watery
   • rheumy
   • sloppy
   • showery, rainy
   • steaming, steamy
   • sticky
   • tacky
   • undried
   • washed
   • watery
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Dry
   • Ironic
   • Ironical
   • Wry
   Definitions:
   • humorously sarcastic or mocking
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Dry
   Definitions:
   • lacking moisture or volatile components
   Examples:
   • Dry paint
   Antonyms:
   • WET
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Dry
   Definitions:
   • opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
   Examples:
   • The dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers
   • A dry state
   Antonyms:
   • WET
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Dry
   Definitions:
   • not producing milk
   Examples:
   • A dry cow
   Antonyms:
   • WET
   • fresh
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Dry
   Definitions:
   • (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
   Examples:
   • A dry white burgundy
   • A dry Bordeaux
   Antonyms:
   • SWEET
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Dry
   Definitions:
   • without a mucous or watery discharge
   Examples:
   • A dry cough
   • That rare thing in the wintertime
   • A small child with a dry nose
   Antonyms:
   • PHLEGMY
   
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Dry
   Definitions:
   • not shedding tears
   Examples:
   • Dry sobs
   • With dry eyes
   Antonyms:
   • Tearful
   
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Dry
   • Juiceless
   Definitions:
   • lacking interest or stimulation
   • dull and lifeless
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • Stimulating
   
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Dry
    Definitions:
    • used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
    Examples:
    • Dry weight
    Antonyms:
    • Liquid
    • Gaseous
    
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Dry
    Definitions:
    • unproductive especially of the expected results
    Examples:
    • A dry run
    • A mind dry of new ideas
    Antonyms:
    • Productive
    
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Dry
    Definitions:
    • having no adornment or coloration
    Examples:
    • Dry facts
    • Rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner
    Antonyms:
    • Fancy
    
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Dry
    Definitions:
    • (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
    Examples:
    • Dry toast
    • Dry meat
    Antonyms:
    • Fancy
    
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Dry
    Definitions:
    • having a large proportion of strong liquor
    Examples:
    • A very dry martini is almost straight gin
    Antonyms:
    • Nonalcoholic
    
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Dry
    Definitions:
    • lacking warmth or emotional involvement
    Examples:
    • A dry greeting
    • A dry reading of the lines
    • A dry critique
    Antonyms:
    • Emotional
    
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Dry
    • Teetotal
    Definitions:
    • practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
    Examples:
    • He's been dry for ten years
    • No thank you
    • I happen to be teetotal
    Antonyms:
    • Intoxicated
    • Drunk
    • Inebriated