What does dry up mean?
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dry up
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word dry up.
Princeton's WordNet
exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccateverb
lose water or moisture
"In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
mummify, dry upverb
dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
"a mummified body was found"
Wiktionary
dry upverb
To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
dry upverb
To cause to become dry.
dry upverb
To deprive someone of (something vital).
dry upverb
To cease to exist; to disappear
dry upverb
To manually dry dishes
dry upverb
To stop talking, to forget what one was going to say.
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dry up
To dry up refers to the process of losing or removing water or moisture, causing something to become dry. This could apply to a physical object, like a river or a piece of clothing, or metaphorically to resources or supplies, where it means something has been depleted or exhausted.
Anagrams for dry up »
purdy
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dry up in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dry up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of dry up in a Sentence
You have foiled the desperate attempt and satanic attitudes of the plotters and perpetrators of this condemned crime to inflame divisions and stir sectarian tensions and divide the unity of the Kuwaiti society, the international community should exert all their effort to avert and take legal action to dry up [ terrorism ] from its waters so countries and nations live in peace and security.
Without this river, American cities in the Southwest would dry up and blow away.
These closures will cause production to dry up and no new supply coming in. In many cases, customers who are ordering furniture now are being told it can take nine months to a year for delivery.
Him coming into the race could dry up money for some of the others, some of the candidates who didn't have too good a chance just might drop out.
The real challenge is now ... after the Spring Festival, how much the market could dry up.
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