Dry or dryness most often refers to: Lack of rainfall, which may refer to Arid regions Drought Dry or dry area, relating to legal prohibition of selling, serving, or imbibing alcoholic beverages Dry humor, deadpan Dryness (medical) Dryness (taste), the lack of sugar in a drink, especially an alcoholic one Dry direct sound without reverberation

Define dry. dry synonyms, dry pronunciation, dry translation, English dictionary definition of dry. adj. dri er , dri est or dry er or dry est 1. Free from liquid or moisture: changed to dry clothes. 2. a. Having or characterized by little or no rain: a...

DRY definition: 1. used to describe something that has no water or other liquid in, on, or around it: 2. used to…. Learn more.

Definition of dry adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

dry (comparative drier or dryer, superlative driest or dryest) Free from or lacking moisture. quotations This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?

dry′a ble, adj. dry′ly, adv. dry′ness, n. 1. Dry, arid both mean without moisture. Dry is the general word indicating absence of water or freedom from moisture: a dry well; dry clothes. Arid suggests great or intense dryness in a region or climate, esp. such as results in bareness or in barrenness: arid tracts of desert. 20. tedious, barren, boring, tiresome, jejune. 29. See evaporate ...