"dry up" meaning in English

See dry up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: dries up [present, singular, third-person], drying up [participle, present], dried up [participle, past], dried up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dry up (third-person singular simple present dries up, present participle drying up, simple past and past participle dried up)
  1. (intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dry_up-en-verb-d4jZTcW8
  2. (transitive) To cause to become dry. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to become dry): kuivattaa (Finnish), austrocknen (German), trockenlegen (German), podsuszać [imperfective] (Polish), podsuszyć [perfective] (Polish), usca (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-dry_up-en-verb-e8UnyrLr Disambiguation of 'to cause to become dry': 7 86 2 0 2 2 1
  3. (intransitive, transitive, intransitive) To manually dry dishes and utensils. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: wipe up [British]
    Sense id: en-dry_up-en-verb-K0Xd6S69 Categories (other): Terms with Ugaritic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ugaritic translations: 4 7 12 4 33 9 32
  4. (transitive) To deprive someone of (something vital). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dry_up-en-verb-Ozhc01J7
  5. (intransitive) To gradually decrease, and eventually cease; to wither away. Tags: intransitive
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  6. (intransitive) To stop talking; to forget what one was going to say. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dry_up-en-verb-CQj9n~PH
  7. (1930s US slang) To shut up or to drop a topic.
    Sense id: en-dry_up-en-verb-Vrm5-eGr Categories (other): Terms with Ugaritic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ugaritic translations: 4 7 12 4 33 9 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dry up and blow away Translations (to become dry): agortu (Basque), изсъхвам (izsǎhvam) (Bulgarian), deseha (Cornish), desegha (Cornish), desygha [Kernewek-Kemmyn] (Cornish), opdrogen (Dutch), kuivua (Finnish), austrocknen (German), vertrocknen (German), verdorren (German), versiegen (note: of a spring) (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gaþaursnan) (Gothic), se usca (Romanian), शुष्यति (śuṣyati) (Sanskrit), sina (Swedish), 𐎃𐎗𐎁 (ḫrb) (Ugaritic)
Disambiguation of 'to become dry': 43 45 5 1 3 2 2

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "izsǎhvam",
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      "word": "изсъхвам"
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      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌽"
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      "roman": "ḫrb",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "𐎃𐎗𐎁"
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          "text": "\"Oh, dry up,' said Arnold morosely.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stop talking; to forget what one was going to say."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "forget",
          "forget"
        ],
        [
          "say",
          "say"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To stop talking; to forget what one was going to say."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Oh, dry up, you old fuddy-duddy!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To shut up or to drop a topic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shut up",
          "shut up"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "1930s US slang",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(1930s US slang) To shut up or to drop a topic."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "agortu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izsǎhvam",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "изсъхвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "deseha"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "desegha"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "tags": [
        "Kernewek-Kemmyn"
      ],
      "word": "desygha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "opdrogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "kuivua"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "austrocknen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "vertrocknen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "verdorren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "of a spring",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "versiegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gaþaursnan",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "se usca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "śuṣyati",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "शुष्यति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "sina"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "ḫrb",
      "sense": "to become dry",
      "word": "𐎃𐎗𐎁"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause to become dry",
      "word": "kuivattaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to become dry",
      "word": "austrocknen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to become dry",
      "word": "trockenlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause to become dry",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podsuszać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cause to become dry",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podsuszyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause to become dry",
      "word": "usca"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dry up"
}

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