dry

dry is on the Basic English 850 List.

drop - dry - dust

dry is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

drop - dry - due

Pronunciation

• enPR: drī, IPA ^(key): /draɪ/ or /dʒraɪ/

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Adjective

Positive dry

Comparative drier

Superlative driest

1. If something is dry, it has no water or liquid on it.
   • Antonym: wet

   The Sahara desert is dry.

Verb

Plain form dry

Third-person singular dries

Past tense dried

Past participle dried

Present participle drying

1. (transitive & intransitive) To make something less wet.

   The clothes dried in the sun.

   I dried myself after my bath.