How to use dry in a sentence. Used to describe something that has no water or other liquid in, on, or around it To remove the moisture from Laundry dried by the sun To preserve (meat or other foods, for example) by extracting the moisture. If you say that your skin or hair is dry, you mean that it is less oily than, or not as soft as, normal
Nothing looks worse than dry, cracked lips Dry hair can be damaged by washing it too frequently My skin's been getting a little dry recently. Dry is the general word indicating absence of water or freedom from moisture Arid suggests great or intense dryness in a region or climate, esp Such as results in bareness or in barrenness
Free from moisture or excess moisture See examples of dry used in a sentence. Dry (drys,dries) dri a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages the dry campaigned tirelessly for the ban of alcohol sales Dries, drying, driest, drys, drier, dried, dryest Wet, moist, damp, humid, saturated, soggy, dank, dripping Dry adjective (boring) if a book, talk, or subject is dry, it is not interesting.
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