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dry

adj · name · noun · phrase · verb · 55 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪ̯/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈdɹ̝waɪ̯]
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔waɪ̯]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈdɹɑɪ̯/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈdɹ̝wɑ̟ɪ̯] ~ [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔wɑ̟ɪ̯]
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈdɹɒ̈ɪ̯/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈdɹ̝wɒ̈ɪ̯] ~ [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔wɒ̈ɪ̯]
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈdɹaɪ̯/ Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • [ˈdɹ̝waː] Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔waː] Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
  • rhymes with -aɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: D R AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Free from or lacking moisture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This well is as dry as that cow.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Built without or lacking mortar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, masonry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • Dry alcohol is 200 proof.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Athirst, eager.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Of course it's a dry house. He was an alcoholic but he's been dry for almost a year now.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

Examples

  • You'll have to drive out of this dry county to find any liquor.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adj

Meaning 9

Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness

Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: wine and other alcoholic beverages; ginger ale; wine and other alcoholic beverages; ginger ale

Examples

  • Proper martinis are made with London dry gin and dry vermouth.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adj

Meaning 10

Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness

Amusing without showing amusement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: humor

Examples

  • Steven Wright has a deadpan delivery, Norm Macdonald has a dry sense of humor, and Oscar Wilde had a dry wit.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adj

Meaning 11

Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness

Lacking interest, boring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a dry academic discipline turned into a living subject
  • A dry lecture may require the professor to bring a water gun in order to keep the students' attention.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: live, living

12

adj

Meaning 12

Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness

Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: card-games, poker

Examples

  • Jake was hoping to make something good out of his suited 7-8 hand, but the flop came out dry: 2-5-10 rainbow, and all of the wrong suit!.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

adj

Meaning 13

Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness

Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: fine arts

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

adj

Meaning 14

Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • This fighter jet's engine has a maximum dry thrust of 200 kilonewtons.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

adj

Meaning 15

Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

Topics: sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

adj

Meaning 16

Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

adj

Meaning 17

Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • never dry fire a bow
  • dry humping her girlfriend
  • making a dry run
  • dry snitches are as bad as regular snitches

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

adj

Meaning 18

Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.

Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • dry bite

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

adj

Meaning 19

In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Things are dry right now. We're hoping business'll pick up next month.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

adj

Meaning 20

Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

adj

Meaning 21

Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Malaysia, Singapore

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

adj

Meaning 22

Of code, having the quality of adhering to the principle of DRY; containing as little repetition as possible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: WET

23

name

Meaning 23

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

noun

Meaning 24

The process by which something is dried.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

noun

Meaning 25

A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

noun

Meaning 26

An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Come under my umbrella and keep in the dry.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

noun

Meaning 27

The dry season.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, with-definite-article

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

noun

Meaning 28

An area of waterless country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

noun

Meaning 29

Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

noun

Meaning 30

A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: wet

31

phrase

Meaning 31

Acronym of don't repeat yourself (“software development principle aimed at reducing repetition”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To lose moisture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The clothes dried on the line.
  • The fruit dried in the dehydrator.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dehydrate, desiccate

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

To remove moisture from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
  • We dried the fruit in the dehydrator.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dehydrate, desiccate

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dry up

Antonyms: none provided

35

verb

Meaning 35

For an actor to forget their lines while performing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, intransitive

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

To cause code to become DRY; to remove repetition from code.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

adjective

Meaning 37

without a mucous or watery discharge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dry cough
  • that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: phlegmy

38

adjective

Meaning 38

(of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dry white burgundy
  • a dry Bordeaux

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: sweet

39

adjective

Meaning 39

free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dry land
  • dry clothes
  • a dry climate
  • dry splintery boards
  • a dry river bed
  • the paint is dry

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: wet

40

adjective

Meaning 40

not producing milk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dry cow

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: wet

41

adjective

Meaning 41

opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers
  • a dry state

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: wet

42

adjective

Meaning 42

lacking moisture or volatile components

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dry paint

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: wet

43

adjective satellite

Meaning 43

practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he's been dry for ten years
  • no thank you; I happen to be teetotal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: teetotal

Antonyms: none provided

44

adjective satellite

Meaning 44

lacking warmth or emotional involvement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dry greeting
  • a dry reading of the lines
  • a dry critique

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

45

adjective satellite

Meaning 45

having a large proportion of strong liquor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a very dry martini is almost straight gin

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

46

adjective satellite

Meaning 46

humorously sarcastic or mocking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dry humor
  • an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely
  • an ironic novel
  • an ironical smile
  • with a wry Scottish wit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ironic, ironical, wry

Antonyms: none provided

47

adjective satellite

Meaning 47

(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dry toast
  • dry meat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

48

adjective satellite

Meaning 48

having no adornment or coloration

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dry facts
  • rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

49

adjective satellite

Meaning 49

unproductive especially of the expected results

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dry run
  • a mind dry of new ideas

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

50

adjective satellite

Meaning 50

used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dry weight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

51

adjective satellite

Meaning 51

lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless- John Mason Brown

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dry book
  • a dry lecture filled with trivial details
  • dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: juiceless

Antonyms: none provided

52

adjective satellite

Meaning 52

not shedding tears

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dry sobs
  • with dry eyes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

53

noun

Meaning 53

a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prohibitionist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist

Narrower terms: Nation, Carry Nation, Carry Amelia Moore Nation, Willard, Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard

54

verb

Meaning 54

remove the moisture from and make dry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dry clothes
  • dry hair

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dry out

Antonyms: wet

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

Narrower terms: exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccate, spin-dry, tumble dry, spray-dry, dehumidify, parch, sear, rough-dry, blow-dry, drip-dry, air

55

verb

Meaning 55

become dry or drier

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The laundry dries in the sun

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dry out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change

Narrower terms: scorch, run dry, dry out

History

Etymology

Adjective and noun from Middle English drye, dryge, drüȝe, from Old English drȳġe (“dry; parched, withered”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgī, *draugī, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz, *draugiz (“dry, hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *dherǵh- (“to strengthen; become hard”), from *dher- (“to hold, support”). The verb derives from Middle English drien, from Old English drȳġan (“to dry”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgijan, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz (“hard, desiccated, dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *dherǵh- (“strong, hard, solid”). cognates and related terms Cognate with Scots dry, drey (“dry”), North Frisian drüg, driig, Saterland Frisian druuch (“dry”), West Frisian droech (“dry”), Dutch droog (“dry”), Low German dröög (“dry”), German dröge (“dull”), Icelandic draugur (“a dry log”). Related also to German trocken (“dry”), West Frisian drege (“long-lasting”), Danish drøj (“tough”), Swedish dryg (“lasting, hard”), Icelandic drjúgur (“ample, long”), Latin firmus (“strong, firm, stable, durable”). See also drought, drain, dree.

Across languages

Translations

486 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aasax: rakaš — free from liquid or moisture
  • Afrikaans: dor — free from liquid or moisture
  • Albanian: i thatë — free from liquid or moisture
  • Albanian: ter — free from liquid or moisture
  • Amharic: ደረቅ (däräḳ) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Andi: бекъуб (beqxʼub) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Arabic: جَافّ (jāff) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Arabic: ناشف (nāšif) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Arabic: جَاف (jāf) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Arabic: نَاشِف (nāšif) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Armenian: չոր (čʻor) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Aromanian: uscat — free from liquid or moisture
  • Aromanian: sicat — free from liquid or moisture
  • Aromanian: sec — free from liquid or moisture
  • Assamese: শুকান (xukan) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Asturian: secu — free from liquid or moisture
  • Avar: бакъвараб (baqxwʼarab) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Azerbaijani: quru — free from liquid or moisture
  • Balinese: garing — free from liquid or moisture
  • Bashkir: ҡоро (qoro) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Basque: lehor — free from liquid or moisture
  • Belarusian: сухі́ (suxí) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Central Bikol: alang — free from liquid or moisture
  • Central Bikol: mara — free from liquid or moisture
  • Bouyei: raangx — free from liquid or moisture
  • Breton: sec'h — free from liquid or moisture
  • Bulgarian: сух (suh) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Burmese: ခြောက် (hkrauk) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Buryat: хуурай (xuuraj) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Carpathian Rusyn: сухый (suxŷj) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Catalan: eixut — free from liquid or moisture
  • Catalan: sec — free from liquid or moisture
  • Cebuano: uga — free from liquid or moisture
  • Cebuano: maa — free from liquid or moisture
  • Chamicuro: poshewa — free from liquid or moisture
  • Chechen: декъа (deqʼa) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Chickasaw: shila — free from liquid or moisture
  • Chinese Cantonese: 乾 /干 (gon1) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾 /干 (gān) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾燥 /干燥 (gānzào) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Maore Comorian: -kavu — free from liquid or moisture
  • Cornish: segh — free from liquid or moisture
  • Czech: suchý — free from liquid or moisture
  • Dalmatian: sot — free from liquid or moisture
  • Danish: tør — free from liquid or moisture
  • Dutch: droog — free from liquid or moisture
  • Erzya: коське (kośke) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Esperanto: seka — free from liquid or moisture
  • Estonian: kuiv — free from liquid or moisture
  • Evenki: олгокин (olgokin) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Farefare: kɛ'ɛŋa — free from liquid or moisture
  • Faroese: turrur — free from liquid or moisture
  • Finnish: kuiva — free from liquid or moisture
  • French: sec — free from liquid or moisture
  • West-Frisian: droech — free from liquid or moisture
  • West-Frisian: drûch — free from liquid or moisture
  • Friulian: sut — free from liquid or moisture
  • Friulian: sec — free from liquid or moisture
  • Gagauz: kuru — free from liquid or moisture
  • Galician: enxoito — free from liquid or moisture
  • Galician: seco — free from liquid or moisture
  • Georgian: გამშრალი (gamšrali) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Georgian: მშრალი (mšrali) — free from liquid or moisture
  • German: trocken — free from liquid or moisture
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌿𐍃 (þaursus) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Greek: στεγνός (stegnós) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Greek: ξηρός (xirós) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Ancient Greek: ξηρός (xērós) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Ancient Greek: αὖος (aûos) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Haitian Creole: sèk — free from liquid or moisture
  • Haitian Creole: chèch — free from liquid or moisture
  • Hebrew: יָבֵשׁ (yavésh) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Higaonon: gango — free from liquid or moisture
  • Hindi: सूखा (sūkhā) — free from liquid or moisture
  • White Hmong: qhuav — free from liquid or moisture
  • Hungarian: száraz — free from liquid or moisture
  • Hunsrik: drock — free from liquid or moisture
  • Icelandic: þurr — free from liquid or moisture
  • Ido: sika — free from liquid or moisture
  • Ilocano: namaga — free from liquid or moisture
  • Indonesian: kering — free from liquid or moisture
  • Ingrian: kuiva — free from liquid or moisture
  • Ingush: дакъа (daqʼa) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Irish: tirim — free from liquid or moisture
  • Isnag: maxa — free from liquid or moisture
  • Italian: secco — free from liquid or moisture
  • Italian: asciutto — free from liquid or moisture
  • Japanese: 乾いた (kawaita) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Javanese: garing — free from liquid or moisture
  • Kabuverdianu: kran — free from liquid or moisture
  • Kalmyk: хүүрә (xüürä) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Kapampangan: malangi — free from liquid or moisture
  • Kashubian: sëchi — free from liquid or moisture
  • Kashmiri: ہۆکھ (hokh) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Kashmiri: خۄشِک (khọśik) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Khmer: ស្ងួត (snguət) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Khmer: ក្រៀម (kriəm) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Komi-Zyrian: кос (kos) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Korean: 마른 (mareun) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Korean: 건 (geon) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Kumyk: къуру (quru) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Central Kurdish: وشک (wişk) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Laki: ھوِشک (hwişk) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Northern Kurdish: hişk — free from liquid or moisture
  • Southern Kurdish: وِشک (wişk) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Kyrgyz: кур (kur) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Ladakhi: སྐམ་པོ (skam po) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Lao: ແຫ້ງ (ngǣ) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Latgalian: sauss — free from liquid or moisture
  • Latgalian: trosks — free from liquid or moisture
  • Latin: siccus — free from liquid or moisture
  • Latin: aridus — free from liquid or moisture
  • Latvian: sauss — free from liquid or moisture
  • Linngithigh: iroth — free from liquid or moisture
  • Lithuanian: sausas — free from liquid or moisture
  • Low German: dröög — free from liquid or moisture
  • Low German: drög — free from liquid or moisture
  • Lü: ᦶᦠᧂᧉ (ḣaeng2) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Lü: ᦃᦱᧃᧈ (ẋaan1) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Luxembourgish: dréchen — free from liquid or moisture
  • Macedonian: сув (suv) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Maguindanao: nagangu — free from liquid or moisture
  • Malay: kering — free from liquid or moisture
  • Brunei Malay: karing — free from liquid or moisture
  • Malayalam: ഉണങ്ങിയ (uṇaṅṅiya) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Manchu: ᠣᠯᡥᠣᠨ (olhon) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Manx: çhirrym — free from liquid or moisture
  • Maranao: kamara — free from liquid or moisture
  • Maranao: mara — free from liquid or moisture
  • Maranao: mamara — free from liquid or moisture
  • Maranao: gango — free from liquid or moisture
  • Maranao: magango — free from liquid or moisture
  • Eastern Mari: кукшо (kukšo) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Western Mari: кукшы (kukšy) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Minangkabau: karieng — free from liquid or moisture
  • Minangkabau: tuhua — free from liquid or moisture
  • Mokilese: enggeng — free from liquid or moisture
  • Moksha: коське (kośke) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Mongolian: хуурай (xuuraj) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Moore: koɛɛnga — free from liquid or moisture
  • Khiamniungan Naga: vài — free from liquid or moisture
  • Nanai: холгокто (holgokto) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Navajo: yíłtseii — free from liquid or moisture
  • Nepali: सुक्खा (sukkhā) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Nepali: सुख्खा (sukhkhā) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Norman: sé — free from liquid or moisture
  • Norwegian: tørr — free from liquid or moisture
  • Occitan: sec — free from liquid or moisture
  • Odia: ଶୁଷ୍କ (śuṣka) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Old English: dryġe — free from liquid or moisture
  • Old Norse: þurr — free from liquid or moisture
  • Oromo: gogaa — free from liquid or moisture
  • Ossetian: хус (xus) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Pangasinan: amaga — free from liquid or moisture
  • Pannonian Rusyn: сухи (suxi) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Papiamentu: seku — free from liquid or moisture
  • Persian: خشک (xošk) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Piedmontese: sech — free from liquid or moisture
  • Piedmontese: sùit — free from liquid or moisture
  • Plautdietsch: drieech — free from liquid or moisture
  • Polish: suchy — free from liquid or moisture
  • Portuguese: seco — free from liquid or moisture
  • Quechua: ch'aki — free from liquid or moisture
  • Rapa Nui: paka — free from liquid or moisture
  • Rohingya: fúaná — free from liquid or moisture
  • Romagnol: sec — free from liquid or moisture
  • Romanian: uscat — free from liquid or moisture
  • Romanian: sec — free from liquid or moisture
  • Romansh: sitg — free from liquid or moisture
  • Romansh: setg — free from liquid or moisture
  • Romansh: shetg — free from liquid or moisture
  • Romansh: sec — free from liquid or moisture
  • Romansh: sech — free from liquid or moisture
  • Russian: сухо́й (suxój) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Sanskrit: शुष्क (śuṣka) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Campidanese Sardinian: asuttu — free from liquid or moisture
  • Sardinian: assuttu — free from liquid or moisture
  • Sassarese: asciùttu — free from liquid or moisture
  • Scottish Gaelic: tioram — free from liquid or moisture
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̑х — free from liquid or moisture
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȗh — free from liquid or moisture
  • Shan: ႁႅင်ႈ (hēng) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Shan: ႁွင် (hǎung) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Sidamo: moola — free from liquid or moisture
  • Slovak: suchý — free from liquid or moisture
  • Slovene: súh — free from liquid or moisture
  • Somali: qalayl — free from liquid or moisture
  • Lower Sorbian: suchy — free from liquid or moisture
  • Upper Sorbian: suchi — free from liquid or moisture
  • Spanish: seco — free from liquid or moisture
  • Sranan Tongo: drei — free from liquid or moisture
  • Sundanese: garing — free from liquid or moisture
  • Swahili: -kavu — free from liquid or moisture
  • Swedish: torr — free from liquid or moisture
  • Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠇꠂꠘ (hukoino) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Tagalog: tuyo — free from liquid or moisture
  • Tajik: хушк (xušk) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Talysh: hışk — free from liquid or moisture
  • Tarantino: secche — free from liquid or moisture
  • Tat: xişk — free from liquid or moisture
  • Tausug: tahay — free from liquid or moisture
  • Tày: bốc — free from liquid or moisture
  • Tày: can — free from liquid or moisture
  • Telugu: పొడి (poḍi) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Tetum: maran — free from liquid or moisture
  • Thai: แห้ง (hɛ̂ɛng) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Tibetan: སྐམ་པོ (skam po) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Tok Pisin: drai — free from liquid or moisture
  • Turkish: kuru — free from liquid or moisture
  • Ottoman Turkish: قورو (kuru) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Ottoman Turkish: صوسز (susuz) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Udi: къари (q̇ari) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Udmurt: кӧс (kös) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Ukrainian: сухи́й (suxýj) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Urdu: سوکھا (sūkhā) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Uyghur: قۇرۇق (quruq) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Uzbek: қуруқ (quruq) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Uzbek: quruq — free from liquid or moisture
  • Venetan: séco — free from liquid or moisture
  • Venetan: sech — free from liquid or moisture
  • Venetan: suto — free from liquid or moisture
  • Venetan: sut — free from liquid or moisture
  • Vietnamese: khô — free from liquid or moisture
  • Volapük: sägik — free from liquid or moisture
  • Walloon: saiwe — free from liquid or moisture
  • Welsh: sych — free from liquid or moisture
  • Wolaytta: mela — free from liquid or moisture
  • Yakan: toho' — free from liquid or moisture
  • Yakut: кураанах (kuraanaq) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Yiddish: טרוקן (trukn) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרטריקנט (fartriknt) — free from liquid or moisture
  • Zazaki: wısk — free from liquid or moisture
  • Zealandic: droôg — free from liquid or moisture
  • Zhuang: rengx — free from liquid or moisture
  • Bulgarian: сух (suh) — free of water in any state
  • Chickasaw: shila — free of water in any state
  • Esperanto: seka — free of water in any state
  • Estonian: kuiv — free of water in any state
  • Finnish: kuiva — free of water in any state
  • Finnish: vedetön — free of water in any state
  • Finnish: absoluuttinen — free of water in any state
  • French: anhydre — free of water in any state
  • Greek: άνυδρος (ánydros) — free of water in any state
  • Ingrian: kuiva — free of water in any state
  • Italian: secco — free of water in any state
  • Central Kurdish: وشک (wişk) — free of water in any state
  • Latin: siccus — free of water in any state
  • Latin: aridus — free of water in any state
  • Malayalam: വരണ്ട (varaṇṭa) — free of water in any state
  • Polish: suchy — free of water in any state
  • Portuguese: seco — free of water in any state
  • Rapa Nui: paka — free of water in any state
  • Romanian: uscat — free of water in any state
  • Romanian: deshidratat — free of water in any state
  • Romanian: arid — free of water in any state
  • Russian: сухо́й (suxój) — free of water in any state
  • Sundanese: tuhur — free of water in any state
  • Tok Pisin: drai — free of water in any state
  • Turkish: kuru — free of water in any state
  • Turkish: sek — free of water in any state
  • Ottoman Turkish: قورو (kuru) — free of water in any state
  • Venetan: suto — free of water in any state
  • Venetan: sut — free of water in any state
  • Venetan: sech — free of water in any state
  • Venetan: seco — free of water in any state
  • Walloon: saiwe — free of water in any state
  • Zazaki: bring — free of water in any state
  • Dutch: droog — maintaining temperance
  • Finnish: kuiva — maintaining temperance
  • Finnish: alkoholiton — maintaining temperance
  • German: trocken — maintaining temperance
  • Greek: στεγνός (stegnós) — maintaining temperance
  • Swedish: torrlagd — maintaining temperance
  • Swedish: vit — maintaining temperance
  • Bulgarian: сух (suh) — wine: with low sugar content
  • Albanian: thaj — to become dry
  • Albanian: ter — to become dry
  • Arabic: جَفَّ (jaffa) — to become dry
  • Arabic: جَفّ (jaff) — to become dry
  • Arabic: نِشِف (nišif) — to become dry
  • Armenian: չորանալ (čʻoranal) — to become dry
  • Aromanian: usãc — to become dry
  • Asturian: secar — to become dry
  • Azerbaijani: qurumaq — to become dry
  • Bangi: yoma — to become dry
  • Bulgarian: съхна (sǎhna) — to become dry
  • Bulgarian: изсъхвам (izsǎhvam) — to become dry
  • Catalan: assecar-se — to become dry
  • Catalan: eixugar — to become dry
  • Cebuano: uga — to become dry
  • Chickasaw: shila — to become dry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾燥 /干燥 (gānzào) — to become dry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 變乾 /变干 (biàngān) — to become dry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾 /干 (gān) — to become dry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾涸 /干涸 (of waterbody) — to become dry
  • Czech: schnout — to become dry
  • Dutch: drogen — to become dry
  • Esperanto: sekiĝi — to become dry
  • Estonian: kuivama — to become dry
  • Even: олга- (olga-) — to become dry
  • Evenki: олго- (olgo-) — to become dry
  • Finnish: kuivua — to become dry
  • Finnish: kuivaa — to become dry
  • French: sécher — to become dry
  • Galician: secar — to become dry
  • German: trocknen — to become dry
  • Greek: στεγνώνω (stegnóno) — to become dry
  • Ancient Greek: ξηραίνομαι (xēraínomai) — to become dry
  • Hebrew: התייבש — to become dry
  • Hebrew: הִתְיַבֵּשׁ (hityabésh) — to become dry
  • Hebrew: יָבַשׁ (yavásh) — to become dry
  • Hungarian: szárad — to become dry
  • Hungarian: aszik — to become dry
  • Icelandic: þorna — to become dry
  • Indonesian: kering — to become dry
  • Irish: triomaigh — to become dry
  • Italian: asciugarsi — to become dry
  • Italian: rinsecchire — to become dry
  • Italian: essiccare — to become dry
  • Italian: inaridire — to become dry
  • Japanese: 乾く (kawaku) — to become dry
  • Kongo: yuma — to become dry
  • Korean: 마르다 (mareuda) — to become dry
  • Central Kurdish: وشک بوون (wişk bûn) — to become dry
  • Kyrgyz: кургоо (kurgoo) — to become dry
  • Latin: arēscō — to become dry
  • Latin: exsuco — to become dry
  • Latin: arefacio — to become dry
  • Latvian: žūt — to become dry
  • Latvian: izžūt — to become dry
  • Lingala: koka — to become dry
  • Lingala: kauka — to become dry
  • Lithuanian: džiūti — to become dry
  • Lithuanian: išdžiūti — to become dry
  • Luxembourgish: dréchnen — to become dry
  • Malayalam: ഉണങ്ങുക (uṇaṅṅuka) — to become dry
  • Māori: pūtī — to become dry
  • Mongolian: хатах (xatax) — to become dry
  • Nanai: холго- (holgo-) — to become dry
  • Norman: s'tchi — to become dry
  • Occitan: secar — to become dry
  • Occitan: assecar — to become dry
  • Polish: schnąć — to become dry
  • Polish: wysychać — to become dry
  • Polish: wyschnąć — to become dry
  • Portuguese: secar — to become dry
  • Quechua: ch'akiy — to become dry
  • Romanian: usca — to become dry
  • Russian: со́хнуть (sóxnutʹ) — to become dry
  • Russian: высыха́ть (vysyxátʹ) — to become dry
  • Russian: вы́сохнуть (výsoxnutʹ) — to become dry
  • Sikkimese: སྐམས (skams) — to become dry
  • Spanish: secarse — to become dry
  • Swahili: kausha — to become dry
  • Swedish: torka — to become dry
  • Tagalog: matuyo — to become dry
  • Telugu: ఆరిపోవు (āripōvu) — to become dry
  • Turkish: kurumak — to become dry
  • Ottoman Turkish: قورومق (kurumak) — to become dry
  • Ukrainian: со́хнути (sóxnuty) — to become dry
  • Uyghur: قۇرۇماق (qurumaq) — to become dry
  • Uzbek: qurimoq — to become dry
  • Welsh: sychu — to become dry
  • Yakut: куур (kuur) — to become dry
  • Yiddish: טריקענען (trikenen) — to become dry
  • Zazaki: wısk biyen — to become dry
  • Arabic: يَبَّسَ (yabbasa) — to make dry
  • Arabic: جَفَّفَ (jaffafa) — to make dry
  • Arabic: نَشَّف (naššaf) — to make dry
  • Arabic: جَفَّف (jaffaf) — to make dry
  • Armenian: չորացնել (čʻoracʻnel) — to make dry
  • Aromanian: usãc — to make dry
  • Aromanian: sec — to make dry
  • Aromanian: vintur — to make dry
  • Aromanian: zvintu — to make dry
  • Asturian: secar — to make dry
  • Azerbaijani: qurutmaq — to make dry
  • Basque: agortu — to make dry
  • Bulgarian: суша (suša) — to make dry
  • Bulgarian: изсушавам (izsušavam) — to make dry
  • Catalan: eixugar — to make dry
  • Catalan: assecar — to make dry
  • Cebuano: uga — to make dry
  • Chickasaw: shilili — to make dry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾燥 /干燥 (gānzào) — to make dry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾 /干 (gān) — to make dry
  • Ngazidja Comorian: hwaniha — to make dry
  • Danish: tørre — to make dry
  • Dutch: drogen — to make dry
  • Esperanto: sekigi — to make dry
  • Estonian: kuivatama — to make dry
  • Finnish: kuivata — to make dry
  • Finnish: kuivattaa — to make dry
  • French: sécher — to make dry
  • French: faire sécher — to make dry
  • Friulian: suiâ — to make dry
  • Friulian: sujâ — to make dry
  • Friulian: secjâ — to make dry
  • Friulian: sečhâ — to make dry
  • Galician: enxugar — to make dry
  • Galician: secar — to make dry
  • Gallurese: ascinà — to make dry
  • German: trocknen — to make dry
  • German: abtrocknen — to make dry
  • German: abdroggne — to make dry
  • German: abdroggle — to make dry
  • Greek: στεγνώνω (stegnóno) — to make dry
  • Ancient Greek: ξηραίνω (xēraínō) — to make dry
  • Hebrew: ייבש — to make dry
  • Hebrew: יִבֵּשׁ (yibésh) — to make dry
  • Hungarian: szárít — to make dry
  • Icelandic: þurrka — to make dry
  • Indonesian: kering — to make dry
  • Irish: triomaigh — to make dry
  • Italian: asciugare — to make dry
  • Italian: seccare — to make dry
  • Japanese: 乾かす (kawakasu) — to make dry
  • Khmer: ស្ងួត (sŋuət) — to make dry
  • Korean: 말리다 (mallida) — to make dry
  • Central Kurdish: وشک کردن (wişk kirdin) — to make dry
  • Latin: sicco — to make dry
  • Latin: exsuco — to make dry
  • Latvian: žāvēt — to make dry
  • Lithuanian: džiovinti — to make dry
  • Lombard: sugà — to make dry
  • Luxembourgish: dréchnen — to make dry
  • Maguindanao: gangu — to make dry
  • Malayalam: ഉണക്കുക (uṇakkuka) — to make dry
  • Mansaka: burad — to make dry
  • Māori: tauraki — to make dry
  • Māori: whakamaroke — to make dry
  • Māori: rangirangi — to make dry
  • Megleno-Romanian: usc — to make dry
  • Mongolian: хатаах (xataax) — to make dry
  • Norman: s'tchi — to make dry
  • Norwegian: tørke — to make dry
  • Occitan: secar — to make dry
  • Piedmontese: sué — to make dry
  • Polish: suszyć — to make dry
  • Polish: osuszać — to make dry
  • Polish: wysuszyć — to make dry
  • Portuguese: secar — to make dry
  • Portuguese: enxugar — to make dry
  • Quechua: ch'akichiy — to make dry
  • Romanian: usca — to make dry
  • Romanian: zvânta — to make dry
  • Romanian: zbici — to make dry
  • Romansh: segar — to make dry
  • Romansh: seccar — to make dry
  • Romansh: secher — to make dry
  • Romansh: sechar — to make dry
  • Russian: суши́ть (sušítʹ) — to make dry
  • Russian: вы́сушить (výsušitʹ) — to make dry
  • Russian: вытира́ть (vytirátʹ) — to make dry
  • Russian: вы́тереть (výteretʹ) — to make dry
  • Sanskrit: शोषयति (śoṣayati) — to make dry
  • Campidanese Sardinian: asciuttare — to make dry
  • Sardinian: asciuttare — to make dry
  • Sassarese: asciuttà — to make dry
  • Serbo-Croatian: сушити — to make dry
  • Shor: қурударға — to make dry
  • Sicilian: nsiccumari — to make dry
  • Sicilian: nziccumari — to make dry
  • Sicilian: siccari — to make dry
  • Sikkimese: སྐམས (skams) — to make dry
  • Spanish: secar — to make dry
  • Spanish: enjugar — to make dry
  • Swedish: torka — to make dry
  • Tagalog: tuyuin — to make dry
  • Tagalog: magpatuyo — to make dry
  • Telugu: ఆరబెట్టు (ārabeṭṭu) — to make dry
  • Turkish: kurutmak — to make dry
  • Turkish: kurulamak — to make dry
  • Ukrainian: суши́ти (sušýty) — to make dry
  • Ukrainian: посуши́ти (posušýty) — to make dry
  • Ukrainian: вису́шувати (vysúšuvaty) — to make dry
  • Ukrainian: ви́сушити (výsušyty) — to make dry
  • Ukrainian: просу́шувати (prosúšuvaty) — to make dry
  • Ukrainian: просуши́ти (prosušýty) — to make dry
  • Uyghur: قۇرۇتماق (qurutmaq) — to make dry
  • Venetan: secar — to make dry
  • Vietnamese: sấy — to make dry
  • Vietnamese: hong — to make dry
  • Welsh: sychu — to make dry
  • Yiddish: טריקענען (trikenen) — to make dry
  • Zazaki: wısk kerden — to make dry