adj · name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈdɹaɪɚ/
General-American:[ˈdɹaɪɚ]
General-American, sometimes:[ˈd͡ʒɹaɪɚ]
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdɹaɪə/
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rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:D R AY1 ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
comparative form of dry: more dry
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, comparative, form-of
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Meaning relationships
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2
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
One who, or that which, dries; any device or facility employed to remove water or humidity, e.g. a desiccative
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Short for clothes dryer, tumble dryer
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Qualifier: most often
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5
noun
Meaning 5
Short for hair dryer
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, rare
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noun
Meaning 6
A catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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7
noun
Meaning 7
an appliance that removes moisture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Etymology tree English dry Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English dryer From dry + -er (comparative suffix).
From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry + -er (agent noun suffix).
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Esperanto:
sekigilo
— any device that removes humidity
Hungarian:
szárító
— any device that removes humidity
Kazakh:
кептіргіш
(keptırgış)
— any device that removes humidity
Korean:
건조기
(geonjogi)
— any device that removes humidity
Portuguese:
secador
— any device that removes humidity
Spanish:
secador
— any device that removes humidity
Spanish:
secadora
— any device that removes humidity
Tibetan:
སྐམ་ཡག་འཕྲུལ་འཁོར
(skam yag 'phrul 'khor)
— any device that removes humidity
Azerbaijani:
quruducu
— household appliance for drying clothing
Bulgarian:
суши́лня
(sušílnja)
— household appliance for drying clothing
Catalan:
assecadora
— household appliance for drying clothing
Chinese Mandarin:
烘乾機 /烘干机
(hōnggānjī)
— household appliance for drying clothing
Chinese Mandarin:
乾衣機 /干衣机
(gānyījī)
— household appliance for drying clothing
Czech:
sušička
— household appliance for drying clothing
Danish:
tørretumbler
— household appliance for drying clothing
Dutch:
droger
— household appliance for drying clothing
Finnish:
kuivuri
— household appliance for drying clothing
Finnish:
kuivain
— household appliance for drying clothing
Finnish:
kuivausrumpu
— household appliance for drying clothing
French:
sèche-linge
— household appliance for drying clothing
French:
sécheuse
— household appliance for drying clothing
Georgian:
საშრობი
(sašrobi)
— household appliance for drying clothing
German:
Trockner
— household appliance for drying clothing
German:
Wäschetrockner
— household appliance for drying clothing