Definitions for dries

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Spelling: [drahyz]

IPA: /draɪz/

Dries is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in dries (deirs).

Definitions for dries

noun

1. a plural of dry.
2. a prohibitionist.
3. a dry place, area, or region.

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 dries

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

Examples for dries

Plus: rock-and-roll looks on the runways at Lanvin, Balmain, Mugler, and dries Van Noten.

The ill humour that dries up my dear master seems to fatten his dear pupil.

We saw this at dries Van Noten last season, but the Givenchy woman next season is a much darker temptress.

The crust of the earth wrinkled as the skin of an apple does when it dries.

She washes his feet, and dries them with the hairs of her head.

He was first embraced in Europe by brands such as dries Van Noten and Louis Vuitton.

Before it dries, the peanut seed is easily injured by frost.

A new exhibit attempts to explain the source of designer dries Van Noten's creativity.

dries Van Noten: Inspirations is on display at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs through August 31.

Why is it that when ink is spilled it dries up, but when it is in the bottle it does not dry up?