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dry

From Wiktionary

dry is on the Basic English 850 List.

drop - dry - dust

dry is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

drop - dry - due

Pronunciation

enPR: drī, IPA ^(key): /draɪ/ or /dʒraɪ/
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Adjective

Positive
dry

Comparative
drier

Superlative
driest

If something is dry, it has no water or liquid on it.
- Antonym: wet
The Sahara desert is dry.

Verb

Plain form
dry

Third-person singular
dries

Past tense
dried

Past participle
dried

Present participle
drying

(transitive & intransitive) To make something less wet.
The clothes dried in the sun.

I dried myself after my bath.

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