What does drying up mean?
Definitions for drying up
dry·ing up
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word drying up.
Princeton's WordNet
dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporationnoun
the process of extracting moisture
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drying up
Drying up refers to the evaporation or loss of moisture or liquid from something, causing it to become dry. It can also mean the depletion or gradual decline or reduction of something such as resources, ideas, supply, or demand over time. This process can be natural or induced, depending on the context.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of drying up in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of drying up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of drying up in a Sentence
We have to tackle the evil at the root and intensify our efforts in order to isolate terrorism by drying up their sources of financing.
You’ve got the lake shrinking, the habitat is drying up and what water is remaining is too salty for (algae and microbes) to survive.
Home purchase applications continued to be held down by rapidly drying up demand, as high mortgage rates, challenging affordability, and a gloomier outlook of the economy kept buyers on the sidelines.
We're seeing stressed trees that haven't had enough precipitation and are losing their leaves earlier, so leaves are withering, they're drying up, and doing that fall color change before those crisp fall nights.
we sweat through our doldrums somehow, sheer insane boredom; society can no longer focus and my poems keep drying up and blowing away.
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