dry

Noun

• a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

Adjective

• practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; I happen to be teetotal"
  • he's been dry for ten years
    
  • no thank you
    

• lacking warmth or emotional involvement
  • a dry greeting
    
  • a dry reading of the lines
    
  • a dry critique
    

• having a large proportion of strong liquor
  • a very dry martini is almost straight gin
    

• (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
  • dry toast
    
  • dry meat
    

• having no adornment or coloration
  • dry facts
    
  • rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner
    

• unproductive especially of the expected results
  • a dry run
    
  • a mind dry of new ideas
    

• used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
  • dry weight
    

• lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
  • a dry book
    
  • a dry lecture filled with trivial details
    
  • dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life- John Mason Brown
    

• not shedding tears
  • dry sobs
    
  • with dry eyes
    

• without a mucous or watery discharge; a small child with a dry nose"
  • a dry cough
    
  • that rare thing in the wintertime
    

• (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
  • a dry white burgundy
    
  • a dry Bordeaux
    

• not producing milk
  • a dry cow
    

• opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
  • the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers
    
  • a dry state
    

• lacking moisture or volatile components
  • dry paint
    

• humorously sarcastic or mocking
  • dry humor
    
  • an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely
    
  • an ironic novel
    
  • an ironical smile
    
  • with a wry Scottish wit
    

• free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
  • dry land
    
  • dry clothes
    
  • a dry climate
    
  • dry splintery boards
    
  • a dry river bed
    
  • the paint is dry
    

Verb

• become dry or drier
  • The laundry dries in the sun
    

• remove the moisture from and make dry
  • dry clothes
    
  • dry hair
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  prohibitionist , teetotal , juiceless , ironic , ironical , wry , dry out
• Antonyms: 
  phlegmy , sweet , wet , lactating