Definitions for drying

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drying dry·ing

Spelling: [drahy-ing]

IPA: /ˈdraɪ ɪŋ/

Drying is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in drying (dginry).

Definitions for drying

noun

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

Idioms

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

adjective

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

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at dry, -ing²

Examples for drying

While the beans are cooling and drying, melt the butter in a saute pan over medium heat.

The Fishermen, like thieves, shake out their silver,/ the lithe knives wriggle on the drying sand.

None but the largest and best cherries should be used for drying.

She had not strained it all, and the sea-weed was drying on the sieve.

No longer on an island, the site is now left exposed to anybody willing to walk across the drying sands.

"She went off like a lamb, sir," said the girl, drying her eyes.

Mainly so the rest of the sorting and drying can begin when the downpours get too heavy to be out in the fields.

On regaining my native land, I should assist in drying tears.

Chili peppers were everywhere, drying on mats, on roofs, and in fields.

He finished this speech coincidentally with the drying of his hands.