[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/dried/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) / dried # dried verb, past and past participle of «dry» (dry, dries, dried, drying); adjective (dried) «dried» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Made dry by taking away water or wetness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#m1) 2. (of food) With the water taken out so it keeps a long time, like dried fruit or dried peas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#m2) 3. (dried up) No longer having water, as a river; or no longer having ideas or words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#m3) 4. Made to vanish or come to an end, as tears are dried up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#m4) ### In the lessons In everyday life, you dry your hands, hair and the dishes; dried fruit and pasta last long in the cupboard. In science, a puddle dries up by evaporation; drying salt water leaves salt behind — a way to separate a mixture. Phrases: «dried fruit», «dried up», «dried flowers», «dried out». ### Examples - I dried my hands on the towel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#x1) - The puddles dried up in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#x2) - Raisins are dried grapes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#x3) - We dried flowers by pressing them in a book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#x4) - The washing dried quickly in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#x5) - When the salt water dried, salt crystals were left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#x6) - The river dried up in the long hot summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#x7) - He wiped his tears and dried his eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#x8) - A new desire dried them quickly away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/#x9) ### Note Spelling: y → ie before -ed and -es: dry, dries, dried; but drying keeps the y. The adjective «dry» (dry, drier, driest). Drying is a reversible-looking change for water, but the water has gone into the air as vapour (evaporation). ## In Jewish tradition Means made dry, and for waters it means the flood going down. **Interpretation.** The drying of the earth after the flood marks the new start. Grapes, fresh or dried, are forbidden to a Nazirite, who must avoid anything from the vine. ### Examples - but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.' — (Torah NUM.11.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dried/#x1) - And he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. (Torah GEN.8.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dried/#x2) - he shall abstain from wine and strong drink: he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. (Torah NUM.6.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dried/#x3) - I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. (Writings PSA.69.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dried/#x4) - And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. (Prophets 1KI.17.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dried/#x5) - The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. (Prophets JOL.1.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dried/#x6) ### Note Spelling: y → ie before -ed and -es: dry, dries, dried; but drying keeps the y. The adjective «dry» (dry, drier, driest). Drying is a reversible-looking change for water, but the water has gone into the air as vapour (evaporation). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «dried» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dried/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«dried» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dried.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «dried» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dried/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«dried» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dried.html) on Mova free.