What does dry up mean?

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dry up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccateverb

    lose water or moisture

    "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"

  2. mummify, dry upverb

    dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

    "a mummified body was found"

Wiktionary

  1. dry upverb

    To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.

  2. dry upverb

    To cause to become dry.

  3. dry upverb

    To deprive someone of (something vital).

  4. dry upverb

    To cease to exist; to disappear

  5. dry upverb

    To manually dry dishes

  6. dry upverb

    To stop talking, to forget what one was going to say.

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  1. 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.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dry up in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dry up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of dry up in a Sentence

  1. Sheikh Sabah:

    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.

  2. Brad Udall:

    Without this river, American cities in the Southwest would dry up and blow away.

  3. Mark Schumacher:

    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.

  4. Tom Courtney:

    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.

  5. Samson Li:

    The real challenge is now ... after the Spring Festival, how much the market could dry up.

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