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run dry
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Princeton's WordNet
run dry, dry outverb
become empty of water
"The river runs dry in the summer"
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"Run dry" is a phrase primarily used to describe a situation where a resource has been completely exhausted or depleted, thus no longer available or in operation. It can refer to both tangible resources, like water or oil supplies, or intangible ones, like ideas or patience. When something has "run dry", it means it is exhausted to the point where it cannot function or be used anymore. This term can be used in various contexts including finance, business, arts, and natural resources.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of run dry in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of run dry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of run dry in a Sentence
After this upload, that's all I really have got left, curious eyes never run dry in my experience.
At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry. (Les Miserables)
It happened to me in 2011 and again in 2013, there were floods earlier in the year, but by the time I went to do the planting toward the end of the year there was no water left. The small reservoirs in this region can't hold that much water when it rains, and run dry very fast when drought sets in.
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- Lauf trockenGerman
- kuru sekaEsperanto
- correr secoSpanish
- se tarirFrench
- rith tirimIrish
- बिना पानी के चलाओHindi
- kiürülniHungarian
- funzionamento a seccoItalian
- אזל, התרוקןHebrew
- 乾くJapanese
- ಒಣಗಲು ರನ್Kannada
- 말리다Korean
- run siccoLatin
- secarPortuguese
- иссякатьRussian
- காய்ந்து போனTamil
- แห้งThai
- висушитиUkrainian
- خشک ہو جانا، سوکھ جاناUrdu
- cạn kiệtVietnamese
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