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damp-dry

damp-dry verb: to dry something until it is only damp.

Verb

damp-dry (third-person singular simple present damp-dries, present participle damp-drying, simple past and past participle damp-dried)

  1. To dry something until it is only damp.

Forms of damp-dry

third-person singular presentdamp-dries
present participledamp-drying
past participledamp-dried
pastdamp-dried

Questions about damp-dry

What does damp-dry mean?
Damp-dry means to dry something until it is only damp.
What part of speech is damp-dry?
Damp-dry is a verb.
What is the past tense of damp-dry?
The past tense of damp-dry is damp-dried.

Words near damp-dry in the dictionary

  1. damp sheets
  2. damp squib
  3. damp squibs
  4. damp squid
  5. damp squids
  6. damp-dry
  7. damp-proof course
  8. damp-proof courses
  9. dampable
  10. Dampalan
  11. damped

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