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(adj)
Dry, arid, lacking water.
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dried
(v)
(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree.
Boring; not exciting or interesting.
Free from or lacking moisture.
(n)
(uncountable) A lack of moisture.
Very thirsty.
Lacking rain.
A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
A surname from German.
(often attributive) Land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.
Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
(informal) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
(of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
(archaic or literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry.
Someone who binds.
(not comparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).
(by extension, of a speech or an argument) Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
Not inspiring.
Devoid of moisture.
of or pertaining to the Sahara desert
(N)
(subtitled "A Book for the World's Last Reader") a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Thea Astley.
Resembling a desert
(idiomatic) Totally dry; without moisture.
Covered with dust.
Having little or no water.
Suffering from dehydration.
Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.
Baked by the heat of the sun.
inanimate; having no life
Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.
Without rain.
Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
Not fertile.
Having an extremely dry climate
(of an environment or habitat) Very dry, lacking humidity and water.
(rare) Without precipitation; dry, arid.
Utterly dry; completely lacking water or moisture.
(simile) Very dull or boring.
(art) A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.
Having hands that are dry.
(simile) completely dry; totally dry
Dry; having run out of water or liquid.
(archaic) Without moisture; dry.
Without drought.
Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
Turned into a desert
Alternative spelling of bone-dry. [(idiomatic) Totally dry; without moisture.]
Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
(of a place) Abandoned, without people.
Alternative form of bone-dry. [(idiomatic) Totally dry; without moisture.]
Without juice or sap; completely dry.
A dull, boring or pedantic speaker or writer.
Without dew.
Partly barren.
A surname.
(obsolete) Undeserving.
Lacking or being without air.
Very poor.
Without shrubs.
Without a dryer.
Environmentally unfriendly; harmful to or inconsiderate of the environment.
(geography) Having no drainage channels due to lack of rainfall.
Involving a dearth or lack; barren.
without vegetation.
Somewhat bare.
Lacking oases.
Alternative form of dry-handed. [Having hands that are dry.]
(pharmacology) A substance that prevents sweating
A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
Pertaining to or characteristic of unproductive, impoverished soil.
Bare, not covered by clothing.
(idiomatic) Abandoned, stranded, helpless.
Without dunes.
Without a forest.
Abbreviation of anhydrous. [Having little or no water.]
Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren.
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
Very low
Devoid of warmth.
Devoid of thirst; not thirsty.
Lacking emotion or compassion.
(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
Having no trees.
Naked, uncovered.
(idiomatic) In a condition of extreme poverty.
Free from damp; dry.
Extremely quiet.
Without (the need for) scrubbing.
(sciences) Extremely sparse.
Impoverished; wanting for money.
Lacking grass.
Without frost.
Devoid of fruit.
Lacking villages.