| • | Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. |
| • | Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. |
| • | Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. |
| • | Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. |
| • | Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. |
| • | Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. |
| • | Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. |
| • | Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. |
| • | Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. |
| • | To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay. |
| • | To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly. |
| • | To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up. |
| • | To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality. |
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