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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dried \Dried\, imp. & p. p. of {Day}. Also adj.; as dried apples. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dry \Dry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dried}; p. pr & vb n. {Drying}.] [AS. drygan cf drugian to grow dry. See {Dry}, a.] To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind and by any means to exsiccate; as to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay. {To dry up}. a To scorch or parch with thirst; to deprive utterly of water; to consume. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. -- Is v. 13. The water of the sea, which formerly covered it was in time exhaled and dried up by the sun. --Woodward. b To make to cease, as a stream of talk. Their sources of revenue were dried up -- Jowett (Thucyd. ) {To dry, or dry up}, {a cow}, to cause a cow to cease secreting milk. --Tylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dried adj 1: not still wet; "the ink has dried"; "a face marked with dried tears" 2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat" [syn: {dehydrated}, {desiccated}]
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