"drying" meaning in English

See drying in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ/, [ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ], [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪ.ɪŋ] [sometimes] Forms: dryings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ Etymology: Etymology tree English dry English -ing English drying From dry + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|dry|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English dry English -ing English drying From dry + -ing. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} drying (countable and uncountable, plural dryings)
  1. The act of drying. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: dehydration, desiccation
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  2. The act of drying.
    A method of food preservation by removing water.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: dehydration, desiccation Translations (a method of food preservation): kuivaaminen (Finnish), Dörren [neuter] (German), вя́ление (vjálenije) [neuter] (Russian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: critical point drying, drying green, drying rack, supercritical drying Translations (the act of drying): kuivaus (Finnish), kuivaaminen (Finnish), су́шка (súška) [feminine] (Russian), суше́ние (sušénije) [neuter] (Russian), высыха́ние (vysyxánije) (english: something gets dry) [neuter] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'the act of drying': 50 50

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ/, [ˈdɹaɪ.ɪŋ], [ˈd͡ʒɹaɪ.ɪŋ] [sometimes]
Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ Etymology: Etymology tree English dry English -ing English drying From dry + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|dry|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English dry English -ing English drying From dry + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} drying
  1. present participle and gerund of dry Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: dry Derived forms: nondrying, semidrying, undrying
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Inflected forms

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      "english": "something gets dry",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vysyxánije",
      "sense": "the act of drying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "translation": "something gets dry",
      "word": "высыха́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "a method of food preservation",
      "word": "kuivaaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "a method of food preservation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Dörren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vjálenije",
      "sense": "a method of food preservation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вя́ление"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drying"
}

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