dry out
dry out verb: to cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry.
Verb
dry out (third-person singular simple present dries out, present participle drying out, simple past and past participle dried out)
- To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry.
- Placing socks on the radiator will dry them out more quickly.
- To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed; to become dry.
- Your trousers need to dry out before you put them on.
- To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.
- To become less oily, affecting play, after being oiled up.
dry out meaning in Malayalam
dry out in Malayalam
- give up alcohol, give up drinking, become teetoal
- ലഹരിമുക്തമാവുക, മദ്യം വർജ്ജിക്കുക, കുടി നിർത്തുക, മദ്യപാനം നിർത്തുക, ലഹരിപദാർത്ഥങ്ങൾ വർജ്ജിക്കുക, പരിപൂർണ്ണമായി മദ്യം വർജ്ജിക്കുക
Synonyms of dry out
Forms of dry out
| third-person singular present | dries out |
|---|---|
| present participle | drying out |
| past participle | dried out |
| past | dried out |
Questions about dry out
- What does dry out mean?
- Dry out means to cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry.
- What is dry out in Malayalam?
- Dry out in Malayalam is ലഹരിമുക്തമാവുക, മദ്യം വർജ്ജിക്കുക, കുടി നിർത്തുക. See Dry out meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is dry out?
- Dry out is a verb.
- What is the past tense of dry out?
- The past tense of dry out is dried out.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dry out (page history and authors); dry out (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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