Main entry: dry, prohibitionist
Definition: a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
Definition: remove the moisture from and make dry
Usage: dry clothes; dry hair
Definition: become dry or drier
Usage: The laundry dries in the sun
Definition: practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
Usage: he's been dry for ten years; no thank you; I happen to be teetotal
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Definition: lacking warmth or emotional involvement
Usage: a dry greeting; a dry reading of the lines; a dry critique
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Definition: having a large proportion of strong liquor
Usage: a very dry martini is almost straight gin
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Definition: without a mucous or watery discharge
Usage: a dry cough; that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose
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
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Definition: (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
Usage: dry toast; dry meat
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Definition: having no adornment or coloration
Usage: dry facts; rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner
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Definition: unproductive especially of the expected results
Usage: a dry run; a mind dry of new ideas
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Definition: used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
Usage: dry weight
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
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Definition: (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
Usage: a dry white burgundy; a dry Bordeaux
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Definition: not shedding tears
Usage: dry sobs; with dry eyes
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
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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
Main entry: dry
Definition: lacking moisture or volatile components
Usage: dry paint