Arid vs. Dry
Aridadjective
Very dry.
Aridadjective
Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
Aridadjective
Devoid of value.
Aridadjective
Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.
Aridadjective
lacking sufficient water or rainfall;
Aridadjective
lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless;
Arid
A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Environments subject to arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic.
Dryadjective
Free from or lacking moisture.
Dryadjective
Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (Petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk.
Dryadjective
(masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
Dryadjective
(chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
Dryadjective
(figurative) Athirst, eager.
Dryadjective
Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
Dryadjective
(law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
Dryadjective
Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
Dryadjective
Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
Dryadjective
(humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
Dryadjective
Lacking interest, boring.
Dryadjective
(fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
Dryadjective
Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
Dryadjective
(of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects.
Dryadjective
Without a usual complement or consummation; impotently. improve this
Dryadjective
(Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
Drynoun
The process by which something is dried.
Drynoun
(US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
Drynoun
The dry season.
Drynoun
(Australia) An area of waterless country.
Drynoun
A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
Dryverb
(intransitive) To lose moisture.
Dryverb
(transitive) To remove moisture from.
Dryverb
To be thirsty.
Dryadjective
Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; - said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
Dryadjective
Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
Dryadjective
Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.
Dryadjective
Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
Dryadjective
Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.
Dryadjective
Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.
Dryadjective
Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.
Dryverb
To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.
Dryverb
To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.
Dryverb
To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; - said of moisture, or a liquid; - sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up.
Dryverb
To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.
Drynoun
a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
Dryverb
remove the moisture from and make dry;
Dryverb
become dry or drier;
Dryadjective
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet;
Dryadjective
humorously sarcastic or mocking;
Dryadjective
opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages;
Dryadjective
not producing milk;
Dryadjective
(of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation;
Dryadjective
without a mucous or watery discharge;
Dryadjective
not shedding tears;
Dryadjective
lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless;
Dryadjective
used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones;
Dryadjective
unproductive especially of the expected results;
Dryadjective
having no adornment or coloration;
Dryadjective
(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish;
Dryadjective
suffering from fluid deprivation;
Dryadjective
having a large proportion of strong liquor;
Dryadjective
lacking warmth or emotional involvement;
Dryadjective
practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages;
Dryadjective
free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist
Dryadjective
(of paint, ink, etc.) having lost all wetness or moisture over a period of time
Dryadjective
for use without liquid
Dryadjective
with little or no rainfall or humidity
Dryadjective
(of a river, lake, or stream) empty of water as a result of lack of rainfall
Dryadjective
(of a source) not yielding a supply of water or oil
Dryadjective
thirsty or thirst-making
Dryadjective
(of a cow or other domestic animal) no longer producing milk
Dryadjective
without grease or other moisturizer or lubricator
Dryadjective
(of bread or toast) without butter or other spreads
Dryadjective
(of information, writing, etc.) dully factual
Dryadjective
unemotional, undemonstrative, or impassive
Dryadjective
(of a joke or sense of humour) subtle and expressed in a matter-of-fact way
Dryadjective
prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic drink
Dryadjective
(of a person) no longer addicted to or drinking alcohol
Dryadjective
(of an alcoholic drink) not sweet
Dryadjective
relating to political ‘dries’; rigidly monetarist.
Dryverb
become dry
Dryverb
cause to become dry
Dryverb
wipe tears from (the eyes)
Dryverb
wipe dishes dry with a cloth after they have been washed
Dryverb
preserve by allowing or encouraging evaporation of moisture from
Dryverb
forget one's lines
Drynoun
the process or an instance of drying.
Drynoun
a dry or covered place.
Drynoun
the dry season
Drynoun
a tract of waterless country
Drynoun
a Conservative politician (especially in the 1980s) in favour of strict monetarist policies.
Drynoun
a person in favour of the prohibition of alcohol
