Définitions
1.VerbTo become dry (often of weather); to lose water."I'll go shopping when it dries up.; Last summer the lake completely dried up."
2.VerbTo cause to become dry."The heatwave dried up all the rivers."
3.VerbTo manually dry dishes and utensils."I'll dry up if you wash up."
4.VerbTo deprive someone of (something vital)."The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales."
5.VerbTo gradually decrease and eventually cease."When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs.; After the stock market crash, the easy financing dried up."
6.VerbTo stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say."This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment."
7.VerbTo forget one's lines.
8.VerbTo stop talking or drop a topic."Oh, dry up, you old fuddy-duddy!"