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(adj)
Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.
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Baked by the heat of the sun.
(by extension) Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.
(of food) Prepared by cooking.
That has been cooked by baking.
Free from or lacking moisture.
Very dry.
(figuratively) Eager or extremely desirous (for something).
Needing to drink water or any liquid that can supply water.
Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
(n)
(often attributive) Land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.
(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
(archaic or literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry.
Affected by drought.
Quite dry, relatively dry.
Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
Dry; having run out of water or liquid.
Having been dried by the sun.
Somewhat dry.
Suffering from dehydration.
(of skin) Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.
(of human skin) Having a sunburn or dark tan; having been burned by the sun's rays.
Having hands that are dry.
(obsolete) Furnished with a chape or chapes.
Tending to desiccate, relating to desiccation..
(Australia, simile, slang, vulgar) Very dry.
Between xeric and mesic; moderately dry.
Having parchment (envelope of coffee grains).
Abbreviation of chapter. [One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.]
Supplied with moisture.
Of people or body parts: suffering from windburn.
(Australia, slang) A deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma.
Saturated with rainwater.
Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
Soaked with moisture or other liquid.
Senses relating to something brittle.
Thrown together; disorganized or slapdash.
Resembling ashes (especially in colour); (of a person’s complexion) unusually pale as a result of strong emotion, illness, etc.
Covered with dust.
Resembling a desert or some aspect of it.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) chapped with cold
thirsty
Naked, uncovered.
Watery, wet, waterlogged.
Somewhat withered.
(British, informal) A chap; a fellow.
Wet with vapors; moist.
(of plants) Drooping, typically due to lack of water.
Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
Wet, limp, and unkempt; in disarray due to being doused with water, exposed to the elements, etc.
(US) Affected with dry rot; reduced to dust by rot.
(of a person) Not suffering from dehydration.
Resembling a desert
damaged, barren, denuded, scarred, wasted
(UK, Ireland, informal) A fish-and-chip shop.
In tatters, having the texture broken.
thin, dry, membranous
In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
(of a building etc.) Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts).
Composed of slabs; resembling a slab or slabs; inelegant, cumbersome, clunky.
(figuratively) Sexually enthralling.
Resembling or characteristic of water.
One who is intoxicated with alcohol.
Drenched with water, or other liquid.
Accompanied by or featuring wind and/or precipitation.
(past participial) Made or having become moist.
Covered by dew.
Soaked with water.
(poetic, rare) Stripped of leaves.
(archaic) Full of moisture; moist; moisty.
(informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.
(colloquial, figurative) Weakened or simplified
(figurative, informal) Overly sentimental, maudlin, schmaltzy.
(of land etc.) Supplied with water by rain (only).
Covered with eschar.
chapped; cracked from cold; affected with chilblains.
(obsolete) Moist with dew; dewy.
moist
That has been cured or dried in smoke.
(not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
(of a person) Strong, sturdy, well-built.
Synonym of weather-beaten.
(archaic, medicine) Macerated; softened; nearly fluid; gloopy
Shrunken or shrivelled from exposure to heat.
Annoyed; angry; in a bad mood; pissed off.
Worn by weather, as of rocks, stone, etc.
Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged.
Withered and wrinkled.
Very hot.
Having the characteristics of a sponge, namely being absorbent, squishy or porous.
Worn out; tired.
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
(archaic) lean, withered.
Alternative form of vapored. [Wet with vapors; moist.]
Covered with or as if with dew.
Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
(obsolete) Somewhat damp.
Weakened or worn out from age or wear.