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self-dry

self-dry verb: of a substance or other material, to dry itself without external intervention.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) Of a substance or other material, to dry itself without external intervention.

Forms of self-dry

third-person singular presentself-dries
present participleself-drying
past participleself-dried
pastself-dried

Origin of self-dry

From self- + dry.

Questions about self-dry

What does self-dry mean?
Self-dry means of a substance or other material, to dry itself without external intervention.
What part of speech is self-dry?
Self-dry is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-dry?
The past tense of self-dry is self-dried.

Words near self-dry in the dictionary

  1. self-driving taxi
  2. self-driving taxis
  3. self-driving truck
  4. self-driving trucks
  5. self-drove
  6. self-dry
  7. self-drying
  8. self-dual
  9. self-duality
  10. self-edit
  11. self-edited

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