āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to dry up
[phrase form: dry]
01
āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāϞāĻļā§āύā§āϝ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to become empty of water or other liquids, often through evaporation
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Leaving the wet laundry outside in the sun caused it to dry up quickly.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ āϰā§āĻĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āϰā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āϤāĻž āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to get smaller and wrinkled due to loss of all one's moisture
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If you leave fruit exposed to the sun for too long, it may dry up and shrivel.
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĢāϞāĻā§ āϏā§āϰā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāϞā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϰā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āύ, āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
03
āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to suddenly stop speaking, often due to forgetting or not knowing what to say next
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The actor on stage had a moment where he completely dried up, leaving an awkward silence in the theater.
āĻŽāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āϰā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāϰā§āĻĒā§ āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻĨāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻĻā§āĻā§āϤ āύā§āϰāĻŦāϤāĻž āϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to not exist anymore, such as resources, opportunities, etc.
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With the increased demand, the store 's inventory of popular products quickly began to dry up.
āĻŦāϰā§āϧāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§, āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝā§āϰ āϏā§āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
05
āĻļā§āĻāĻžāύā§, āĻāϰā§āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύā§
to make something lose its moisture
Transitive: to dry up sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Using a hairdryer, she was able to dry up the spilled water on the bathroom floor.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĨāϰā§āĻŽā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāϞ āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āϞāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāύāĨ¤
06
āĻļā§āĻāĻžāύā§, āĻŽā§āĻāĻž
to use a towel to dry dishes after one is done washing them
Dialect
British
Transitive: to dry up dishes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the restaurant kitchen, the staff members take turns washing and drying up the dishes.
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