Definitions for dried

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dried dried

Spelling: [drahyd]

IPA: /draɪd/

Dried is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in dried (ddeir).

Definitions for dried

noun

1. a prohibitionist.
2. a dry place, area, or region.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of dry.

Idioms

1. not dry behind the ears, immature; unsophisticated:

adjective

1. free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet:
2. having or characterized by little or no rain:
3. characterized by absence, deficiency, or failure of natural or ordinary moisture.
4. not under, in, or on water:
5. not now containing or yielding water or other liquid; depleted or empty of liquid:
6. not yielding milk:
7. free from tears:
8. drained or evaporated away:
9. desiring drink; thirsty:
10. causing thirst:
11. served or eaten without butter, jam, etc.:
12. (of cooked food) lacking enough moisture or juice to be satisfying or succulent.
13. (of bread and bakery products) stale.
14. of or relating to nonliquid substances or commodities:
15. (of wines) not sweet.
16. made with dry vermouth: made with relatively little dry vermouth:
17. characterized by or favoring prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors for use in beverages:
18. (of British biscuits) not sweet.
19. plain; bald; unadorned:
20. dull; uninteresting:
21. expressed in a straight-faced, matter-of-fact way:
22. indifferent; cold; unemotional:
23. unproductive:
24. (of lumber) fully seasoned.
25. Building Trades. (of masonry construction) built without fresh mortar or cement. (of a wall, ceiling, etc., in an interior) finished without the use of fresh plaster.
26. Ceramics. unglazed. insufficiently glazed.
27. Art. hard and formal in outline, or lacking mellowness and warmth in color.

Verb phrases

1. dry out, to make or become completely dry. to undergo or cause to undergo detoxification from consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol.
2. dry up, to make or become completely dry. to cease to exist; evaporate. Informal. to stop talking. (in acting) to forget one's lines or part.

verb (used with object)

1. to make dry; free from moisture:

verb (used without object)

1. to become dry; lose moisture.

Origin of dried

before 900; Middle English drie, Old English drȳge; akin to Dutch droog, German trocken; see drought

Examples for dried

There were great heaps of shells by the sea where we came and dried fish and feasted.

It will end up shriveled up, dried up, dead; rolled up in dirty gauze and tossed into a wastebasket, quickly forgotten.

I am glad that there is soothing in these dried leaves for those who require it.

Add some plums or dried currants that have been picked and washed.

The tasteless bread was transformed into a sweet cake that included ingredients, such as dried fruit and marzipan.

What precautions should be observed in the storing of dried foods?

Then she dried it with the chamois skins as she often had done before.

Spanish oak, which has an open grain and high levels of tannin, gives you dried fruit, spice, and even chocolate flavors.

Every morning Frederico takes the dried leaves of the precious guayusa tree and steeps them in a large dark pot.

Some dried cranberries for tartness and a sprinkle of sea salt make these my all-time favorite cookies.