dries

See also: Dries

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

dries

1. plural of dry

Verb

dries

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dry

Anagrams

• Desir, IDers, diers, rides, rised, sider, sired

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch driesch (“fallow”). Cognate with German Driesch. More distantly related to Latin terere (“rub”), Russian тереть (teretʹ, “rub”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dris/

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• Hyphenation: dries
• Rhymes: -is

Noun

dries m (plural driezen, no diminutive)

1. fallow, fallow land

Synonyms

• (fallow): braakland, valg, valgeland

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• drîs, drîens
• dreyens (after diphthongization, also reaching into Early New High German)

Adverb

drîes

1. thrice