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DRY OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the moisture from and make dry
Example:
dry hair
Synonyms:
dry; dry out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dry out" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
dry; dry out (become dry or drier)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dry out"):
dehydrate; desiccate; dry up; exsiccate (lose water or moisture)
dehydrate; desiccate (remove water from)
spin-dry (dry (clothes) by spinning and making use of centrifugal forces)
tumble dry (dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder)
spray-dry (dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas)
dehumidify (make less humid)
parch; sear (cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat)
rough-dry (dry without smoothing or ironing)
blow-dry (dry hair with a hair dryer)
drip-dry (dry by hanging up wet)
air (expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become dry or drier
Example:
The laundry dries in the sun
Synonyms:
dry; dry out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dry out" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dry out"):
scorch (become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions)
dry out; run dry (become empty of water)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Become empty of water
Example:
The river runs dry in the summer
Synonyms:
dry out; run dry
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "dry out" is one way to...):
dry; dry out (become dry or drier)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
