dried
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Preserved by removing natural moisture: Refers to food or other substances that have had their water content removed, typically to prevent spoilage or for storage.
- No longer wet or moist: Describes something that was once wet but has now lost its moisture, often through evaporation or exposure to air.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- She added dried apricots to the cake batter. (The apricots have been preserved by having their moisture removed.)
- He hung the dried laundry on the line. (The laundry is no longer wet.)
- The dried paint on the wall was smooth to the touch. (The paint had lost its moisture and solidified.)
Advanced Usage
- "Dried up": Completely lost all moisture; often used figuratively to mean exhausted or depleted.
- The well has dried up after the long drought.
- Her creative inspiration seems to have dried up.
Variants and Related Words
- Dry (verb): To make or become dry.
- Please dry these dishes.
- Dry (adjective): Lacking moisture; not wet.
- The climate is very dry.
- Dehydrated (adjective): A more technical synonym for 'dried', often used in scientific or medical contexts.
- Dehydrated vegetables are lightweight for camping.
Synonyms
- Dehydrated: Having had the water removed.
- Desiccated: Dried thoroughly and often to a brittle state.
- Parched: Dried out by heat, often used for land or soil.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Dry out: To become completely dry; also used for recovering from alcohol addiction.
- Leave the wood in the sun to dry out.
- Dry off: To remove moisture from a surface or oneself.
- The dog shook to dry off after its bath.
Related Idioms
- Cut and dried: Predetermined, decided in advance, or straightforward.
- The outcome of the meeting was cut and dried; there was no real discussion.
Adjective
- preserved by removing natural moisture
- dried beef
- dried fruit
- dehydrated eggs
- shredded and desiccated coconut meat
- not still wet
- the ink has dried
- a face marked with dried tears