drying

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To lose moisture.
   • The clothes dried on the line.

   Synonyms:

   dehydrate, desiccate

2. (transitive) To remove moisture from.
   • Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.

   Synonyms:

   dehydrate, desiccate

3. (figuratively, transitive) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

   Synonyms:

   dry up

4. (informal, intransitive) For an actor to forget their lines while performing.
   • An actor never stumbled over his lines, he “fluffed”; he never forgot his dialogue, he “dried.”1986, Richard Collier, Make-believe: The Magic of International Theatre, page 146

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