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# drier

adjective (dry, drier, driest); noun (a drier, driers — also dryer)

«drier» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Drier is the comparative of dry: having less water or wetness than something else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drier/#m1)
2. A drier (often spelled dryer) is a machine that dries things, like a clothes dryer or a hair dryer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drier/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and geography, deserts are drier than rainforests; pupils compare how quickly things dry. In everyday life, clothes go in the dryer. Phrases: drier than, a tumble dryer, hair dryer.

### Examples

- The desert is drier than the jungle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drier/#x1)
- My towel is drier than yours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drier/#x2)
- This summer was drier than last summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drier/#x3)
- Put the wet clothes in the dryer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drier/#x4)
- Today is drier, so we can play outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drier/#x5)
- Which cloth is drier after five minutes in the sun? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drier/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: dry, drier, driest for the adjective (y changes to i). For the machine, dryer is more common, but drier is also correct. Hair dryers and water don't mix: never use one near a bath or sink.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drier» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drier/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drier» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/drier.html) on Mova free.