"air-dry" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} air-dry (not comparable)
  1. Free of moisture to the degree possible by exposure to air (moisture contents of the object and air are in equilibrium); "naturally" dried. Tags: not-comparable Translations (dried by exposure to air): ilmakuiva (Finnish), ilmakuivattu (Finnish), sec à l’aire (French), lufttrocken (German), luftgetrocknet (German), ascigatura ad aria (Italian), sêco ao ar (Portguese), seco al aire (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-air-dry-en-adj-bx5d9iCJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Verb

Forms: air-dries [present, singular, third-person], air-drying [participle, present], air-dried [participle, past], air-dried [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} air-dry (third-person singular simple present air-dries, present participle air-drying, simple past and past participle air-dried)
  1. (transitive) To dry by exposure to the air. Tags: transitive Translations (to dry by exposure to air): ilmakuivata (Finnish), lufttrocknen (German)
    Sense id: en-air-dry-en-verb-~KKQUJRj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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