dieth English
Verb
( head)
(die)
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- They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
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drieth English
Verb
(head)
(dry)
Anagrams
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dry English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) drye, drie, dri, drige, dryge, . See also (l), (l), (l).
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)
Adjective
( en-adj)
Free from liquid or moisture.
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* Addison
- The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season.
* Prescott
- Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly.
(chemistry) Free of water in any state; anhydrous.
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Thirsty; needing drink.
* (William Shakespeare)
- Give the dry fool drink.
(of an alcoholic beverage) Lacking sugar or low in sugar; not sweet.
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Maintaining temperance; void or abstinent from alcoholic beverages.
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(of a person or joke) Subtly humorous, yet without mirth.
* (Washington Irving)
- He was rather a dry , shrewd kind of body.
(of a scientist or his laboratory) Not working with chemical or biological matter, but, rather, doing computations.
(masonry) Built without mortar; dry-stone.
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(of animals) Not giving milk.
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Lacking interest or amusement; barren; unembellished.
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* (Alexander Pope)
- These epistles will become less dry , more susceptible of ornament.
(fine arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or lacking delicate contours and soft transitions of colour.
Synonyms
* (free from liquid or moisture) arid, parched
Antonyms
* (free from liquid or moisture) wet
* (abstinent from alcohol) wet
* wet
Derived terms
* bone dry
* dry as a bone
* dry as a dead dingo’s donger
* dry cough
* dry hole
* dry ice
* drily
* dry run
* dryly
* dryness
* dry spell
* drywall
* dry weight
* like watching paint dry
Etymology 2
From (etyl)
Verb
To lose moisture.
- The clothes dried on the line.
To remove moisture from.
- Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
(ambitransitive, figurative) To cease or cause to cease.
- Their sources of income dried up.
- The stream of chatter dried up.
Derived terms
* drier
* dryer
* dry out
* dry up
* nondrying
See also
* desiccant
* desiccate
* desiccation
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