Dries is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DRIES in dictionary:

VERB:
• DRY, to remove the moisture from
• become dry
• cause to become dry
• wipe tears from (the eyes)
• wipe dishes dry with a cloth after they have been washed
• preserve by allowing or encouraging evaporation of moisture from
• forget one's lines
NOUN:
• the process or an instance of drying.
• a dry or covered place.
• the dry season
• a tract of waterless country
• a Conservative politician (especially in the 1980s) in favour of strict monetarist policies.
• a person in favour of the prohibition of alcohol
ADJECTIVE:
• free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist
• (of paint, ink, etc.) having lost all wetness or moisture over a period of time
• for use without liquid
• with little or no rainfall or humidity
• (of a river, lake, or stream) empty of water as a result of lack of rainfall
• (of a source) not yielding a supply of water or oil
• thirsty or thirst-making
• (of a cow or other domestic animal) no longer producing milk
• without grease or other moisturizer or lubricator
• (of bread or toast) without butter or other spreads
• (of information, writing, etc.) dully factual
• unemotional, undemonstrative, or impassive
• (of a joke or sense of humour) subtle and expressed in a matter-of-fact way
• prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic drink
• (of a person) no longer addicted to or drinking alcohol
• (of an alcoholic drink) not sweet
• relating to political ‘dries’ dry (sense 3 of the noun); rigidly monetarist.
• relating to political ‘dries’ dry (sense 3 of the noun); rigidly monetarist.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• present 3d person sing. of dry

Words related to DRIES

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How to use DRIES in a sentence

• Though grass is abundant on every description of soil, yet the greater part is of inferior descriptions and dries up completely at this season.
• She looked tall and gaunt, and her eyes had that burning look which dries tears before they can be shed.
• Nothing dries out-of-doors in this country of damp winters.
• But this is a well that never dries up, and never fails.
• Slowly drop water on them till it runs down and partly covers the slate, then set away till the water dries up.
• Nothing so well dries the paper as the sun, as we have proved by frequent experiments.
• Washing too often, dries up the requisite oily fluid that forms the nourishment of the hair.
• Consequently, if the window is cleaned and left wet, it dries in drops, and these drops contain dirt in solution which remain as spots.
• Scarcely six inches high, it loses its leaves after the flowering season, and dries up into the form of a ball.
• The air which kills germs dries out the very newspapers.
• Z is similarly marked, and dries at last quarter ebb, while the South-East part of y is never covered, a few mangroves growing on it.
• These scales are not easily seen while the skin continues moist, but become apparent as it dries, and are most numerous towards the tail.
• Because it dries the bones much which are naturally so.
• Wood dries more rapidly in summer than in winter, not because there is less moisture at one time than another, but because of the higher temperature in summer.
• Wood dries by evaporation, and other things being equal, this will proceed much faster in hot weather than in cold.
• As the outer part dries it is prevented from shrinking by the wet interior, which is still at its greatest volume.
• If the syrup dries out, add a little more hot water.
• If the syrup dries out before the fruit is perfectly tender, add a little more hot water.
• Now, if a river dries up, a peer may, quite as naturally, fall into a servile condition.
• While it dries you can eat your supper, and this dress will be finished.
• This light stuff dries quickly, exposed to the air.
• The green pepper dries in two or three days, and if it is intended that it shall be black, it is pulled before it is quite ripe.
• This is brushed over the zinc, and dries a dull-grey colour in from twelve to twenty-four hours, paint adhering perfectly to the surface thus formed.
• If the water dries away, add enough to preserve the original quantity.
• Put a pint of boiling water with one teaspoonful of salt in the pan, and add to it as it dries away.

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