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Synonyms of dry up

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Another word for dry up is dehydrate. Other synonyms of dry up are desiccate, dry, wipe up, wither away and shut up.

Synonyms and similar words for dry up

verbTo become dry (often of weather); to lose water.

verbTo manually dry dishes and utensils.

  • dryTo exhaust; to cause to run dry.
  • wipe upTo dry utensils, dishes etc. that have been washed.

verbTo gradually decrease and eventually cease.

verbTo stop talking or drop a topic.

Meaning of dry up

  1. verb To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
  2. verb To cause to become dry.
  3. verb To manually dry dishes and utensils.

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Questions about synonyms of dry up

What is another word for dry up?
Dry up has 7 synonyms on Word.ws, such as dehydrate, desiccate, dry, wipe up, wither away, shut up and clam up.
What does dry up mean?
Dry up means to become dry (often of weather); to lose water.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dry up (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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