What does drier mean?
Definitions for drier
ˈdraɪ ərdri·er
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word drier.
Princeton's WordNet
desiccant, drying agent, drier, siccativenoun
a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
dryer, driernoun
an appliance that removes moisture
Wiktionary
driernoun
Any substance that accelerates drying.
driernoun
Catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Driernoun
That which has the quality of absorbing moisture; a desiccative.
Etymology: from dry.
There is a tale, that boiling of daisy roots in milk, which it is certain are great driers, will make dogs little. Francis Bacon.
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drier
A drier is a machine or device that removes moisture from something, such as clothes, hair, or substances, usually by means of heat or air circulation. It can also refer to a substance that accelerates drying in paints, varnishes, or similar products. In a different context, it can be an adjective referring to a condition or environment that is less humid or has less moisture.
Webster Dictionary
Driernoun
one who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth
Driernoun
drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly
Drier
alt. of Driest
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Drier
drī′ėr, n. that which dries: a machine for extracting moisture from wet cloths, grain, &c.: a substance causing paint to dry more rapidly.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
DRIER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Drier is ranked #38050 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Drier surname appeared 583 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Drier.
93.3% or 544 total occurrences were White.
2.9% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.7% or 10 total occurrences were Black.
1.2% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.8% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.
Anagrams for drier »
rider
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of drier in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of drier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of drier in a Sentence
This might allow this population to expand into drier environments…maybe further to the north or outside of the Everglades…where the population is right now.
Something has changed to where the fuels are drier and we're getting these weather patterns that are causing us to get these bigger fires early on.
It's a pretty awful year, last year wasn't so bad as far as the snowpack went, but with the higher temperatures and drier soils that we're still experiencing this year, we're seeing even less runoff that actually makes it into the waterways and in the reservoirs.
This paper adds to the growing evidence that the simple paradigm of 'wet-gets-wetter, dry-gets-drier' under a warming climate does not apply over land areas.
It will be a compounded effect in those drier areas. That does equate to a little more impact on the crop.
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