dry out

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dry out

The wet clothes dry out on the clothesline in the sunny backyard.

Definition
  1. Phrasal Verb:
    • To remove moisture completely; to make something dry: The core meaning is the process of causing something to become free of water or other liquid.
    • To lose moisture completely; to become dry: The process by which an object or substance itself loses all moisture.
Usage
  • Transitive (with an object): To cause something to become dry.
    • We need to dry out these wet boots by the fire.
    • The sun will help dry out the soil after the heavy rain.
  • Intransitive (no object): To become dry.
    • Leave the paint to dry out completely between coats.
    • If you don't water it, the plant will dry out and die.
Advanced Usage
  • Informal (Intransitive): To undergo treatment for alcoholism; to stop drinking alcohol.
    • After the incident, he decided to check into a clinic to dry out.
Variants and Related Words
  • Dry (verb): The base verb. "Dry out" often emphasizes the completion of the process or doing it thoroughly.
    • Dry your hair. (Make it dry)
    • Dry out your hair. (Make it completely dry, ensure no dampness remains)
  • Dehydrate (verb): A more formal or scientific term for removing water.
  • Desiccate (verb): To dry thoroughly and often implies preserving.
Synonyms
  • For making dry: Dehydrate, desiccate, parch.
  • For becoming dry: Dehydrate, desiccate, wither, parch.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Dry off: To make or become dry on the surface.
    • Use this towel to dry off after your swim. (The focus is on the surface water.)
  • Dry up:
    • To have all the water disappear (e.g., a river, well).
      • During the drought, the stream dried up.
    • (Informal) To stop talking or to be unable to continue speaking.
      • The speaker dried up in the middle of his presentation.
Related Idioms
  • High and dry: In a helpless situation, abandoned without resources.
    • The company went bankrupt, leaving its employees high and dry. (This idiom uses the concept of being stranded, like a ship left out of water, but is a fixed expression separate from the phrasal verb "dry out").
dry out

The wet clothes dry out on the clothesline in the sunny backyard.

Verb
  1. remove the moisture from and make dry
    • dry clothes
    • dry hair
  2. become empty of water
    • The river runs dry in the summer
  3. become dry or drier
    • The laundry dries in the sun

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