English Explanatory Dictionary

dry up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
To cause to become dry.
To manually dry dishes and utensils.
To deprive someone of (something vital).
To gradually decrease and eventually cease.
To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
To forget one's lines.
To stop talking or drop a topic.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dry up.wav

Word forms

dry up dries up drying up dried up

Synonyms

desiccate dehydrate dry wipe up wither away shut up clam up

Derived words

dry up and blow away

Translations

Albanian: thaj Albanian: ter Basque: agortu Bulgarian: изсъхвам Cornish: deseha Cornish: desegha Cornish: desygha Dutch: opdrogen Finnish: kuivua German: austrocknen German: vertrocknen German: verdorren German: versiegen Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌽 Latin: adārēscō Lutuv: ky Polish: wysychać Polish: wyschnąć Polish: wyczerpywać się Polish: wyczerpać się Romanian: se usca Sanskrit: शुष्यति Swedish: sina Turkish: kurumak Ottoman Turkish: قورومق Ugaritic: 𐎃𐎗𐎁 Uyghur: قۇرۇماق

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