"dry off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dries off [present, singular, third-person], drying off [participle, present], dried off [participle, past], dried off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dry off (third-person singular simple present dries off, present participle drying off, simple past and past participle dried off)
  1. (transitive) To make dry. Tags: transitive Translations (to make dry): afdrogen (Dutch), essuyer (French), abtrocknen (German), суши́ть (sušítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), высу́шивать (vysúšivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́сушить (výsušitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), суши́ти (sušýty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), вису́шувати (vysúšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́сушити (výsušyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dry_off-en-verb-MQavZHZC Disambiguation of 'to make dry': 92 8 0
  2. (intransitive) To become dry. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become dry): abtrocknen (German), serescō (Latin), со́хнуть (sóxnutʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), высыха́ть (vysyxátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́сохнуть (výsoxnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), со́хнути (sóxnuty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), висиха́ти (vysyxáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́сохнути (výsoxnuty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dry_off-en-verb-thJH26TS Disambiguation of 'to become dry': 7 93 1
  3. (transitive, agriculture) To cease milking a cow in preparation for calving. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Agriculture, Dairy farming Translations (to cease milking a cow in preparation for calving): запуска́ти (zapuskáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), запусти́ти (zapustýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dry_off-en-verb-ldHvg29P Disambiguation of Dairy farming: 5 5 90 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 12 76 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 16 20 64 Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'to cease milking a cow in preparation for calving': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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