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DRY UP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does dry up mean?

• DRY UP (verb)
The verb DRY UP has 2 senses:

1. lose water or moisture
2. dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

Familiarity information: DRY UP used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DRY UP (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Lose water or moisture

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dry up; exsiccate; dehydrate; desiccate

Context example:

In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly

Hypernyms (to "dry up" is one way to...):

dry; dry out (remove the moisture from and make dry)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dry up; mummify

Context example:

a mummified body was found

Hypernyms (to "dry up" is one way to...):

shrink; shrivel; shrivel up; wither (wither, as with a loss of moisture)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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