List of synonyms from "dry-nurse" to synonyms from "duck pond"


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Definition of the day : « dry up »

  • As in muzzle : verb gag, quiet
  • As in parch : verb dry, burn
  • As in run out : verb fail, be exhausted
  • As in sear : verb dry, burn
  • As in shut up : verb be or make quiet
  • As in silence : verb make or be quiet
  • As in stifle : verb prevent, restrain
  • As in wilt : verb sag, fail
  • As in wither : verb droop, decline
  • As in mummify : verb embalm
  • As in exsiccate : verb dry
  • As in peter : verb decrease
  • As in quieten : verb silence
  • As in shush : verb silence
  • As in decrease : verb grow less or make less
  • As in dehydrate : verb take moisture out of
  • As in deplete : verb consume, exhaust supply
  • As in desiccate : verb take moisture out of
Example sentences :
  • Why is it that when ink is spilled it dries up, but when it is in the bottle it does not dry up?
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • His voice seemed to wither and dry up gradually in his throat.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • You fellows are making too much noise there, and the doctor wants you to dry up.
  • Extract from : « A War-Time Wooing » by Charles King
  • I'll tell you how to dry up all the love and kindness you may have.
  • Extract from : « Mike Marble » by Uncle Frank
  • How long, then, will it take to dry up this fountain of death?
  • Extract from : « Select Temperance Tracts » by American Tract Society
  • It must dry up the sources of energy and undermine the independence of the individual.
  • Extract from : « Liberalism » by L. T. Hobhouse
  • The weather was so cold that it seemed to dry up the skin and crack it open.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 10 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
  • If you keep on thinking you'll dry up, like a New England school-marm.
  • Extract from : « The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • As soon might they dry up the Atlantic, and stop the revolutions of the globe.
  • Extract from : « Sermons of Christmas Evans » by Joseph Cross
  • But the conversation began to dry up; and they repeated themselves.
  • Extract from : « Modernities » by Horace Barnett Samuel