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Meaning of dries
noun
- The process by which something is dried. Example: This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry.
- A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (with "the") The dry season.
- An area of waterless country.
- (UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
verb
- To lose moisture. Example: The clothes dried on the line.
- To remove moisture from. Example: Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
- To be thirsty.
- To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
- For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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