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dry up

2 syllables

Quick answer

As a verb, dry up means lose water or moisture.

Meanings of dry up

2 meanings

verb

Lose water or moisture
“In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly”
Similar: exsiccate, dehydrate, desiccate
Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
“a mummified body was found”
Similar: mummify

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

Synonyms by meaning

verb: lose water or moisture

exsiccate dehydrate desiccate

verb: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

Nearby words

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