"dry" meaning in All languages combined

See dry on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /draɪ/ Audio: en-us-dry.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 dry.ogg [Australia] Forms: dry [positive], drier [comparative], driest [superlative]
enPR: drī Head templates: {{adj|dry|drier|driest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is dry, it has no water or liquid on it.
    Sense id: simple-dry-en-adj-D7Et0dfU

Verb [English]

IPA: /draɪ/ Audio: en-us-dry.ogg [US], EN-AU ck1 dry.ogg [Australia] Forms: dry [canonical], dries [third-person, singular], dried [past], dried [past, participle], drying [present, participle]
enPR: drī Head templates: {{verb|dr|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To make something less wet.
    Sense id: simple-dry-en-verb-iJVG~l3X
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      "form": "dry",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "word": "wet"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Sahara desert is dry."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is dry, it has no water or liquid on it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-dry-en-adj-D7Et0dfU"
    }
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/draɪ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-dry.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "EN-AU ck1 dry.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dry"
}

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    {
      "form": "dry",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dries",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drying",
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        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The clothes dried in the sun."
        },
        {
          "text": "I dried myself after my bath."
        }
      ],
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        "To make something less wet."
      ],
      "id": "simple-dry-en-verb-iJVG~l3X",
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "enpr": "drī"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/draɪ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-dry.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "EN-AU ck1 dry.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dry"
}
{
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      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "dry",
        "2": "drier",
        "3": "driest"
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    }
  ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The Sahara desert is dry."
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
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    },
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      "ipa": "/draɪ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-dry.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "EN-AU ck1 dry.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dry"
}

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      "form": "dry",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dries",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dried",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drying",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "dr",
        "2": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
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        "Intransitive verbs",
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The clothes dried in the sun."
        },
        {
          "text": "I dried myself after my bath."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "drī"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/draɪ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-dry.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "EN-AU ck1 dry.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dry"
}

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