drying

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/ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To lose moisture.“The clothes dried on the line.”
To remove moisture from.“Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.”
To be thirsty.
To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

noun

The act of drying.
A method of food preservation by removing water.

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Synonyms

bone-dry tearless sere rainless dry-eyed milkless juiceless dry-shod unstimulating unemotional unexciting unproductive sober unsweet teetotal ironical

Associated

linseed dryer shrinkage kiln curing moisture dried oils evaporation oven rack cracking

Rhymes

gratifying mystifying edifying terrifying prying satisfying electrifying horrifying trying intensifying

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