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undry

undry adjective: not dry.

Adjective

undry

  1. (rare) Not dry.
    • If paint is applied and is undry when evening comes, the frosty air of night may destroy the gloss and make the surface paint very unsightly.1920, A. Ashmun Kelly, The Expert Paint Mixer, page 145
    • His clothes were only a little damp, despite the undry weather.2005, Eric Puchner, “Essay #3: Leda and the Swan”, in Music Through the Floor, Scribner, published 2007, →ISBN, page 43

Verb

undry

  1. (rare, transitive) To cause (something) to be not dry.
    • As we continued to "undry the throat" with a Cognac de guerre, Claudine suddenly interrupted.1947, George Bijur, "Chicken Demi-Deuil", reprinted in, 2004, Ruth Reichl, editor, Remembrance of Things Paris: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet, 2005 edition, page 21...
    • to give you even more bad news, you may need fat in your diet to undry your hair. your body produces oil to moisturize your hair. it needs fat to manufacture these( fatty acid deficiencies in animals produce a dry, rough haircoat) .1997 March 27, "young lion" <anon-12967@anon.twwells.com>, "re:hair and nails", message-ID <5hems8$2be@twwells.com>, alt.support.eating-disord, Usenet...

Origin of undry

From un- + dry.

Words that rhyme with undry

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Questions about undry

What does undry mean?
Undry means not dry.
What part of speech is undry?
Undry can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near undry in the dictionary

  1. UNDRR
  2. undruggable
  3. undrugged
  4. undrunk
  5. undrunken
  6. undry
  7. undry'd
  8. undryable
  9. undrying
  10. unds
  11. undsgd

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