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As an adjective, dried means without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist.

Meanings of dried

5 meanings

adjective

  1. Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.

  2. Usually of foods: cured, preserved by drying.

    “dried fish; dried fruit”

  3. Sold raw and unprocessed.

    “dried lentils”

  4. Not still wet

    “the ink has dried”

    “a face marked with dried tears”

  5. Preserved by removing natural moisture

    “dried beef”

    “dried fruit”

    “dehydrated eggs”

    Similar: dehydrated, desiccated

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of dry

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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adjective: preserved by removing natural moisture

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