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dried out

dried out is the simple past and past participle of dry out.

Meaning of dry out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry.
    • Placing socks on the radiator will dry them out more quickly.
    Synonyms:
    dessicate, dehydrate
  2. (intransitive) To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed; to become dry.
    • Your trousers need to dry out before you put them on.
    Synonyms:
    dessicate, dehydrate
  3. (ambitransitive, colloquial, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.
  4. (intransitive) To become less oily, affecting play, after being oiled up.

Adjective

dried out (comparative more dried out, superlative most dried out)

  1. Old; worn out; useless.

Forms of dried out

comparativemore dried out
superlativemost dried out

Questions about dried out

What does dried out mean?
Dried out means old; worn out; useless.
What is dried out the simple past and past participle of?
Dried out is the simple past and past participle of dry out.
What part of speech is dried out?
Dried out is an adjective.

Words near dried out in the dictionary

  1. dried fruits
  2. dried milk
  3. dried milks
  4. dried off
  5. dried one's eyes
  6. dried out
  7. dried plum
  8. dried plums
  9. dried up
  10. dried up and blew away
  11. dried up and blown away

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dried out (page history and authors); dry out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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