dry up
dry
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drai
up
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "dry up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϜāϞāĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become empty of water or other liquids, often through evaporation
Intransitive
to dry up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Leaving the wet laundry outside in the sun caused it to dry up quickly.
āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ āϰ⧋āĻĻ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϕ⧁āρāϚāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to get smaller and wrinkled due to loss of all one's moisture
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If you leave fruit exposed to the sun for too long, it may dry up and shrivel.
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĢāϞāϕ⧇ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϤ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āύ, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧁āρāϚāϕ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to suddenly stop speaking, often due to forgetting or not knowing what to say next
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The actor on stage had a moment where he completely dried up, leaving an awkward silence in the theater.
āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻĨāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĻā§āϭ⧁āϤ āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāϤāĻž āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to not exist anymore, such as resources, opportunities, etc.
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With the increased demand, the store 's inventory of popular products quickly began to dry up.
āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϧāĻŋāϤ āϚāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻ• āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āφāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to make something lose its moisture
Transitive: to dry up sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Using a hairdryer, she was able to dry up the spilled water on the bathroom floor.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϤ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϜāϞ āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāύāĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻŽā§āĻ›āĻž

to use a towel to dry dishes after one is done washing them
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to dry up dishes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the restaurant kitchen, the staff members take turns washing and drying up the dishes.
āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟ⧁āϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ⧇, āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻĢ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āϧ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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