Why are you drying your hair?
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Drying
/ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ/
Synonyms for "drying" (89 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Noun(13 words)
dehydratingdehydrationdesiccatedesiccatingdesiccationdesiccation perioddesiccativedry outdry traydry updrying by evaporationdrying perioddrying time
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
drying system
Related words (44)
Noun(12 words)
kilninglose moisturemoisture removalmummifyingparchplant tissue dehydrationpreservingseasonssolvent evaporationsqueegeeingunderwatering plantswiping
Related word relations
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More general
14 entriesMore specific
15 entriesair dryingdehydrationdesiccationdry seasonfreeze dryingindoor dryingnatural dryingoven dryingovernight dryingshort dryingsun dryingsunny weathersurface dryingvacuum dryingwindy climate
Collocations
9 entriesair dryingdesiccation processdrying methoddrying processdrying rackdrying timemachine dryingoven dryingsun drying
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
8 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 2 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- kuivaaminen noun (the act of drying)
- kuivaus noun (the act of drying)
Russian
3 entries- высыха́ние noun (the act of drying)
- су́шка noun (the act of drying)
- суше́ние noun (the act of drying)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Factory jobs are drying up in the local economy.
Source: tatoeba (57944)
With no supply of water from trees, rainfalls diminish in time and the area keeps drying up.
Source: tatoeba (266242)
Drying the washing on a fine day in the rainy season; I felt like it was already summer.
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