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dries out

dries out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

Questions about dries out

What is dries out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dries out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dry out.

Words near dries out in the dictionary

  1. drier than a dead dingo's donger
  2. driers
  3. dries
  4. dries off
  5. dries one's eyes
  6. dries out
  7. dries up
  8. dries up and blows away
  9. drieselase
  10. Driessen
  11. Driessens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dries 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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