Dry off

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make dry. transitive
  2. 2
    To become dry. intransitive

    "Drying off after the day of surfing in the afternoon summer sun of New Zealand, they remarked to each other how ironic their trip had been so far."

  3. 3
    To cease milking a cow in preparation for calving. transitive

    "In an early study with cows producing very little milk at drying off, new infection rates were about equal whether cows were dried off abruptly or after a period of intermittent milking."

Synonyms

All synonyms
toweling

Antonyms

All antonyms
wallow

Example

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"Drying off after the day of surfing in the afternoon summer sun of New Zealand, they remarked to each other how ironic their trip had been so far."

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