Main entry: dry, dry out
Definition: remove the moisture from and make dry
Usage: dry clothes; dry hair
Antonyms: wet
Definition: cause to become wet
Main entry: dry
Definition: without a mucous or watery discharge
Usage: a dry cough; that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose
Antonyms: phlegmy
Definition: characterized by phlegm
Main entry: dry
Definition: (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
Usage: a dry white burgundy; a dry Bordeaux
Antonyms: sweet
Definition: (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content
Main entry: dry
Definition: free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
Usage: dry land; dry clothes; a dry climate; dry splintery boards; a dry river bed; the paint is dry
Antonyms: wet
Definition: covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
Antonyms: hungry
Definition: feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
Main entry: dry
Definition: not producing milk
Usage: a dry cow
Main entry: dry
Definition: opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
Usage: the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers; a dry state
Antonyms: wet
Definition: supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages
Main entry: dry
Definition: lacking moisture or volatile components
Usage: dry paint
Antonyms: wet
Definition: containing moisture or volatile components
Main entry: dry
Definition: (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
Usage: dry toast; dry meat
Antonyms: patterned
Definition: having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
Antonyms: fancy
Definition: not plain; decorative or ornamented
Main entry: dry
Definition: having no adornment or coloration
Usage: dry facts; rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner
Antonyms: patterned
Definition: having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
Antonyms: fancy
Definition: not plain; decorative or ornamented
Main entry: dry
Definition: having a large proportion of strong liquor
Usage: a very dry martini is almost straight gin
Antonyms: nonalcoholic
Definition: characterized by the absence of alcohol
Main entry: dry
Definition: used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
Usage: dry weight
Antonyms: liquid
Definition: existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
Antonyms: gaseous
Definition: existing as or having characteristics of a gas
Antonyms: hollow
Definition: not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
Main entry: dry, teetotal
Definition: practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
Usage: he's been dry for ten years; no thank you; I happen to be teetotal
Antonyms: drunk, inebriated, intoxicated
Definition: stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Main entry: dry
Definition: lacking warmth or emotional involvement
Usage: a dry greeting; a dry reading of the lines; a dry critique
Antonyms: emotional
Definition: of more than usual emotion
Main entry: dry
Definition: unproductive especially of the expected results
Usage: a dry run; a mind dry of new ideas
Antonyms: productive
Definition: producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)
Main entry: juiceless, dry
Definition: lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
Usage: a dry book; a dry lecture filled with trivial details; dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life- John Mason Brown
Antonyms: exciting
Definition: creating or arousing excitement
Antonyms: stimulating
Definition: rousing or quickening activity or the senses
Main entry: dry, wry, ironic, ironical
Definition: humorously sarcastic or mocking
Usage: dry humor; an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely; an ironic novel; an ironical smile; with a wry Scottish wit
Antonyms: unhumorous, humorless, humourless
Definition: lacking humor
Main entry: dry
Definition: not shedding tears
Usage: dry sobs; with dry eyes
Antonyms: tearful
Definition: filled with or marked by tears