dry
Kelime Anlamı :

1. kurumak.
2. kuru.
3. kurutmak.
4. kurulamak.
5. sek.
6. basit.
7. kurak.
8. kuruye.
9. kuruk.
10. yavan.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Zıt Anlamlı Kelimeler :
Tanımlar :
1. free from liquid or moisture: changed to dry clothes.
2. having or characterized by little or no rain: a dry climate.
3. marked by the absence of natural or normal moisture: a dry month.
4. not under water: dry land.
5. having all the water or liquid drained away, evaporated, or exhausted: a dry river.
6. no longer yielding liquid, especially milk: a dry cow.
7. lacking a mucous or watery discharge: a dry cough.
8. not shedding tears: dry sobs.
9. needing or desiring drink; thirsty: a dry mouth.
10. no longer wet: the paint is dry.
11. of or relating to solid rather than liquid substances or commodities: dry weight.
12. not sweet as a result of the decomposition of sugar during fermentation. used of wines.
13. having a large proportion of strong liquor to other ingredients: a dry martini.
14. eaten or served without butter, gravy, or other garnish: dry toast; dry meat.
15. having no adornment or coloration; plain: the dry facts.
16. devoid of bias or personal concern: presented a dry critique.
17. lacking tenderness, warmth, or involvement; severe: the actor gave a dry reading of the lines.
18. matter-of-fact or indifferent in manner: rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical tone.
19. wearisome; dull: a dry lecture filled with trivial details.
20. humorous or sarcastic in a shrewd, impersonal way: dry wit.
21. prohibiting or opposed to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages: a dry county.
22. unproductive of the expected results: a mind dry of new ideas.
23. constructed without mortar or cement: dry masonry.
24. to remove the moisture from; make dry: laundry dried by the sun.
25. to preserve (meat or other foods, for example) by extracting the moisture.
26. to become dry: the sheets dried quickly in the sun.
27. informal A prohibitionist.
28. dry out informal to undergo a cure for alcoholism.
29. dry up to make or become unproductive, especially to do so gradually.
30. dry up informal to stop talking.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. without moisture; not moist; absolutely or comparatively free from water or wetness, or from fluid of any kind: as, dry land; dry clothes; dry weather; a dry day; dry wood; dry bones.
2. specifically
3. in geology and mining, free from the presence or use of water, or distant from water: as, dry diggings; dry separation.
4. not giving milk: as, a dry cow.
5. thirsty; craving drink, especially intoxicating drink.
6. barren; jejune; destitute of interest; incapable of awakening emotion: as, a dry style; a dry subject; a dry discussion.
7. severe; hard: as, a dry blow.
8. lacking in cordiality; cold: as, his answer was very short and dry.
9. humorous or sarcastic, apparently without intention; slily witty or caustic: as, a dry remark or repartee.
10. in painting, noting a hardness or formal stiffness of outline, or a want of mellowness and harmony in color; frigidly precise; harsh.
11. in sculpture, lacking or void of luxuriousness or tenderness in form.
12. free from sweetness and fruity flavor: said of wines and, by extension, of brandy and the like.
13. in metallurgy, noting a peculiar condition of a metal undergoing metallurgic treatment.
14. in american political slang, of or belonging to the prohibition party; in favor of or adopting prohibition of the sale or use of intoxicating liquors: opposed to wet: as, a dry town, county, or state.
15. A place where things are dried; a drying-house.
16. in american political slang, a member of the prohibition party.
17. in masonry, a fissure in a stone, intersecting it at various angles to its bed and rendering it unfit to support a load.
18. to make dry; free from water or from moisture of any kind, and by any means, as by wiping, evaporation, exhalation, or drainage; desiccate: as, to dry the eyes; to dry hay; wind dries the earth; to dry a meadow or a swamp.
19. to cause to evaporate or exhale; stop the flow of: as, to dry out the water from a wet garment.
20. to wither; parch.
21. to evaporate completely; stop the flow of: as, the fierce heat dried up all the streams.
22. to lose moisture; become free from moisture.
23. to evaporate; be exhaled; lose fluidity: as, water dries away rapidly; blood dries quickly on exposure to the air.
24. to be wholly evaporated; cease to flow.
25. to wither, as a limb
26. to cease talking; be silent.
27. in pathology, not attended with suppuration, a fluid discharge or exudation, or hemorrhage.
28. dry land: as, to execute a piece of engineering work in the dry (that is, not under water).
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia