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(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat" plain
opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state"
not producing milk; "a dry cow" milkless
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" adust, air-dried, air-dry, arid, bone-dry(a), desiccated, dried, dried-up, rainless, thirsty, dry-shod, semiarid
not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes" tearless
(of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy" brut, sec
lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "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 unstimulating
used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight" solid
unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas" unproductive
having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner" plain
a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
suffering from fluid deprivation; "his mouth was dry" thirsty
humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit" humorous
without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin" alcoholic
lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique" unemotional
practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he''s been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal" sober
become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun"
remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"


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