Dry up

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To become dry (often of weather); to lose water. intransitive

    "I'll go shopping when it dries up."

  2. 2
    lose water or moisture wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to become dry. transitive

    "The heatwave dried up all the rivers."

  4. 4
    dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture wordnet
  5. 5
    To manually dry dishes and utensils. ambitransitive, intransitive

    "I'll dry up if you wash up."

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  1. 6
    To deprive someone of (something vital). transitive

    "The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales."

  2. 7
    To gradually decrease and eventually cease. intransitive

    "When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs."

  3. 8
    To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say. intransitive

    "This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment."

  4. 9
    To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.; To forget one's lines. intransitive
  5. 10
    To stop talking or drop a topic.

    "Oh, dry up, you old fuddy-duddy!"

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