Dry up

verb

Word Frequency: 0.9

Definitions

1.verbTo become dry (often of weather); to lose water.

"I'll go shopping when it dries up."

2.verbTo cause to become dry.

"The heatwave dried up all the rivers."

3.verbTo manually dry dishes.

4.verbTo deprive someone of (something vital).

"The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales."

5.verbTo cease to exist; to disappear

"When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs."

6.verbTo stop talking; to forget what one was going to say.

"This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment."

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