dried out
alternative spelling of dried-out
/draɪd aʊt/
adjective
- Completely dry, often because all the moisture has been removed or lost.
- The dried-out riverbed cracked under the hot sun.
- She threw away the dried-out marker because it wouldn't write anymore.
- After a week without rain, the garden soil was completely dried-out.
- Very thirsty or dehydrated.
- The hikers became dried-out after their water bottles ran out.
- If you don't drink enough during the summer, you'll feel dried-out by noon.
- After running for an hour, I felt totally dried-out and needed water.
- No longer fresh, lively, or interesting; stale or exhausted.
- The comedian's jokes felt dried-out after he told them for the tenth time.
- The old textbook was so dried-out that students found it boring.
- Their relationship had become dried-out and needed new energy.
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