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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, witheredadjective

    (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

    "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"

  2. dried-upadjective

    depleted of water

    "a dried-up water hole"

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  1. dried-up

    Dried-up refers to something that has lost all its moisture or water content and has become completely dry or barren. It can pertain to physical items like a river, plant or a fruit, or can also symbolize the depletion of resources, as in supplies or ideas. Additionally, it can be used to describe a person who is no longer productive, creative, or vibrant.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dried-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dried-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of dried-up in a Sentence

  1. Fire Marshal Doug Wilhelm:

    The area of origin was a Christmas tree, so we're not sure if it's because of electric or a dried up old Christmas Day tree, it is with unbearable sorrow that we share with you this Christmas morning the tragic news that the King family, in a house fire early today, lost their father [ Eric ] and two Richland Elementary School students.

  2. Randall Woodfin:

    While Dollar General proliferated across our community, healthy food options dried up.

  3. Brothers Karamazov, Pt 1, Bk i, Ch 6:

    If you were to destroy in mankind the belief in immortality, not only love but every living force maintaining the life of the world would at once be dried up. Moreover, nothing then would be immoral, everything would be permissible, even cannibalism.

  4. Hou Wey Fook:

    It's like a deja vu of what happened in 2008 but of course the reasons are very different. In 2008, the banks were broken, financial markets were frozen, this time, there are some areas where liquidity has dried up like in bonds but not to the same extent as in 2008.

  5. John Wayne:

    From "The Undefeated". When facing down a group of bandito's, Wayne, the ex Union Colonel, opens fire and kills the leader. After retreating to the circled wagons, one of the women says "why did you have to kill the man?" Wayne responds "Well, the conversation just kinda dried up ma'am.

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