dry one's eyes
dry one's eyes verb: to cease crying.
Verb
dry one's eyes (third-person singular simple present dries one's eyes, present participle drying one's eyes, simple past and past participle dried one's eyes)
- To cease crying.
- "Be careful!" cried the green girl. "The tears will fall on your green silk gown and spot it."
So Dorothy dried her eyes and said, "I suppose we must try it; but I am sure I do not want to kill anybody, even to see Aunt Em again."1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC - These two stood in the corridor, waving till the last of the platform was out of sight; then they came into our compartment, and the woman cried a little. Soon she dried her eyes, and went back into the corridor, to have a last glimpse of her native heath.1955 May, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “An Irish Journey—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 303
- "Be careful!" cried the green girl. "The tears will fall on your green silk gown and spot it."
Forms of dry one's eyes
| third-person singular present | dries one's eyes |
|---|---|
| present participle | drying one's eyes |
| past participle | dried one's eyes |
| past | dried one's eyes |
Questions about dry one's eyes
- What does dry one's eyes mean?
- Dry one's eyes means to cease crying.
- What part of speech is dry one's eyes?
- Dry one's eyes is a verb.
- What is the past tense of dry one's eyes?
- The past tense of dry one's eyes is dried one's eyes.
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