Dry vs. Toast

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

Toastnoun

(uncountable) Toasted bread.

Toastnoun

(countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.

Toastnoun

(countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.

Toastnoun

Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.

Toastnoun

Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

Toastnoun

A transient, informational pop-up window.

Toastverb

To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.

Toastverb

To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster

Toastverb

To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.

Toastverb

To warm thoroughly.

Toastverb

To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

Toastverb

To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

Toastverb

To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.

Toastverb

To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.

Toastnoun

Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.

Toastnoun

A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; - so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy.

Toastnoun

Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we celebrate," etc.

Toastnoun

slices of bread that have been toasted

Toastnoun

a celebrity who receives much accalim and attention;

Toastnoun

a person in desperate straits; someone doomed;

Toastnoun

a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event

Toastverb

make brown and crisp by heating;

Toastverb

propose a toast to;