| Definition of 'dry up' |
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1. (verb) exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccate
lose water or moisture
"In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
2. (verb) mummify, dry up
dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
"a mummified body was found"
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1. (verb) dry up
(of a body of water) to become completely dry
The pond has dried up.
2. dry up
(of a supply) to gradually stop existing
Work in the industry is drying up.
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Sense: to lose water; to cease running etc completely
All the rivers dried up in the heat.
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 Afrikaans: droog raak |
 Arabic: يَجِفُّ |
 Bulgarian: съхна |
 Brazilian: secar |
 Czech: vyschnout |
 German: austrocknen |
 Danish: udtørre |
 Greek: στερεύω, ξεραίνομαι |
 Spanish: secarse |
 Estonian: ära kuivama |
 Farsi: خشکیدن |
 Finnish: kuivua |
 French: se dessécher, se tarir |
 Hebrew: לְהִתייַבֵּש |
 Hindi: सूखा |
 Croatian: presušiti |
 Hungarian: kiszárad |
 Indonesian: mengering |
 Icelandic: þorna upp |
 Italian: seccarsi |
 Japanese: 干上がる |
 Korean: 바싹 마르다 |
 Lithuanian: išdžiūti |
 Latvian: izžūt |
 Malay: kering |
 Dutch: opdrogen |
 Norwegian: tørke inn/ut, bli/gå tørr |
 Polish: wysychać |
 Persian: خشکیدن |
 Pashto: وچول |
 Portuguese: secar |
 Romanian: a seca |
 Russian: пересохнуть |
 Slovak: vyschnúť |
 Slovenian: usahniti |
 Serbian: presušiti |
 Swedish: torka ut, bli uttorkad |
 Thai: แห้งผาก |
 Turkish: kurumak |
 Taiwanese: 使乾涸，乾涸 |
 Ukrainian: висихати |
 Urdu: بالکل سوکھ جانا یا سکھا د |
 Vietnamese: khô cạn |
 Chinese: 使干涸 |
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