dry

Entry Definition
s/he dries it (meat, fish, laundry, etc.)
s/he has finished hanging clothes to dry
s/he puts corn cobs on sticks to dry
(climate, weather) it is arid, is dry; (person) s/he is thirsty (Wol)
s/he eats without drinking anything
it is dry weather, it is a dry day
(apple, carpet, etc.) s/he dries quickly
(cloth, paper, etc.) it is drying out
(clothing on line; surface of road after rain) it is drying out, it is drying off
s/he, it dries quickly
(wood, lumber) it is dried out
s/he, it dries out
s/he cracks or splits due to dryness
(lumber) it cracks or splits due to dryness
dried dead wood (standing tree, bushes, etc.)
it is dry and hardened
(canoe rib, log, bread) s/he is too dry and therefore brittle or hard
it is too dry and therefore brittle or tough
s/he boils (something) dry
s/he boils it dry (potato, egg, etc.); s/he fries it until no more fat runs out of it (meat, etc.)
(container, food, milk) s/he boils away, boils dry
(container, food, water, broth) it boils dry, boils away
s/he is dried up, is shriveled (e.g., plum turned into prune); (tire, balloon) s/he is deflated
it is dried up, is shriveled, is wilted, is deflated
it is gradually losing air or deflating, is gradually wilting or drying up