DRY — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
dry
A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages.
Remove the moisture from and make dry.
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- Dry clothes.
- Dry hair.
Become dry or drier.
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- The laundry dries in the sun.
Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages.
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- He's been dry for ten years.
- No thank you; I happen to be teetotal.
Lacking warmth or emotional involvement.
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- A dry greeting.
- A dry reading of the lines.
- A dry critique.
Having a large proportion of strong liquor.
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- A very dry martini is almost straight gin.
Without a mucous or watery discharge.
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- A dry cough.
- That rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose.
Humorously sarcastic or mocking.
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- Dry humor.
- An ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely.
- An ironic novel.
- An ironical smile.
- With a wry Scottish wit.
Suffering from fluid deprivation.
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- His mouth was dry.
(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish.
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- Dry toast.
- Dry meat.
Having no adornment or coloration.
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- Dry facts.
- Rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner.
Unproductive especially of the expected results.
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- A dry run.
- A mind dry of new ideas.
Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones.
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- Dry weight.
Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless.
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- A dry book.
- A dry lecture filled with trivial details.
- Dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown.
(of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation.
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- A dry white burgundy.
Not shedding tears.
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- Dry sobs.
- With dry eyes.
Free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet.
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- Dry land.
- Dry clothes.
- A dry climate.
- Dry splintery boards.
- A dry river bed.
- The paint is dry.
Not producing milk.
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- A dry cow.
Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
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- The dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers.
- A dry state.
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