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dry out (third-person singular simple present dries out, present participle drying out, simple past and past participle dried out)
- (transitive) To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry.
- Synonyms: dessicate; dehydrate
- Hypernym: dry (sometimes synonymous)
- Coordinate term: dry up
Placing socks on the radiator will dry them out more quickly.
- (intransitive) To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed; to become dry.
- Synonyms: dessicate; dehydrate
- Hypernym: dry (sometimes synonymous)
- Coordinate term: dry up
Your trousers need to dry out before you put them on.
- (colloquial, transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.
- (intransitive, bowling, of a bowling lane) To become less oily, affecting play, after being oiled up.
(transitive) to cause moisture to be completely removed from
(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
- Azerbaijani: qurumaq (az)
- Belarusian: высыха́ць impf (vysyxácʹ), вы́сахнуць pf (výsaxnucʹ)
- Bulgarian: изсъ́хвам (bg) impf (izsǎ́hvam)
- Cornish: deseha, desegha, desygha (Kernewek Kemmyn)
- French: se dessécher (fr)
- Galician: secarse
- Hungarian: kiszárad (hu)
- Ingrian: kuivaa
- Latin: arēscō
- Mongolian: хатаах (mn) (xataax)
- Polish: wysychać (pl) impf, wyschnąć pf, wysuszać się impf, wysuszyć się (pl) pf
- Russian: высыха́ть (ru) impf (vysyxátʹ), вы́сохнуть (ru) pf (výsoxnutʹ), высу́шиваться (ru) impf (vysúšivatʹsja), вы́сушиться (ru) pf (výsušitʹsja)
- Ukrainian: висиха́ти impf (vysyxáty), ви́сохнути pf (výsoxnuty), ви́сохти pf (výsoxty), вису́шуватися impf (vysúšuvatysja), ви́сушитися pf (výsušytysja)
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