dry
/draɪ/
adjective
- Having no water or moisture; not wet.
- She hung the wet towel outside until it was completely dry.
- Make sure your hands are dry before touching the light switch.
- The ground was dry after weeks without rain.
- Having little or no rainfall; arid.
- A dry climate can be hard on your skin.
- Farmers struggled during the dry season.
- The desert is one of the driest places on Earth.
- Without butter, sauce, or other moist ingredients; not sweet (especially of wine or food).
- The toast was dry and crunchy.
- I prefer a dry white wine with fish.
- She ordered a dry martini with no vermouth.
- Using or characterized by a quiet, ironic, or understated form of humor.
- His dry wit always made his coworkers laugh.
- She has a dry sense of humor that takes some people a moment to get.
- The comedian's dry delivery was perfect for the clever jokes.
- Forbidding the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages.
- During Prohibition, the United States was a dry country.
- The county remained dry until the 1970s.
- They live in a dry town where no alcohol is sold.
Synonyms
verb
- To remove moisture from something; to become dry.
- Please dry the dishes with a clean towel.
- She dried her hair with a blow dryer.
- The paint will dry in about an hour.
noun
- A person who supports the prohibition of alcohol.
- The drys celebrated when the new law passed.
- Many drys argued that banning alcohol would reduce crime.
- The debate between wets and drys was heated in the early 1900s.