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updry

updry verb: to dry up.

Verb

updry (third-person singular simple present updries, present participle updrying, simple past and past participle updried)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To dry up.
    • As thro a desert dry to go,1851, Montagu, The Psalms, in a New Version, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches: Psalm CVI He the Red Sea rebuk'd also, That it updrying fled

Forms of updry

third-person singular presentupdries
present participleupdrying
past participleupdried
pastupdried

Origin of updry

From up- + dry.

Questions about updry

What does updry mean?
Updry means to dry up.
What part of speech is updry?
Updry is a verb.
What is the past tense of updry?
The past tense of updry is updried.

Words near updry in the dictionary

  1. updrew
  2. updried
  3. updries
  4. updrift
  5. updrifts
  6. updry
  7. updrying
  8. Updyke
  9. Updykes
  10. UPEC
  11. upend

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