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# dry

adjective (dry, drier/dryer, driest); verb (dry, dries, dried, drying)

«dry» 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. Not wet; with no water: "dry clothes". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#m1)
2. With little or no rain: "a dry summer". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#m2)
3. Thirsty: "My mouth is dry." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#m3)
4. Boring: "a dry book". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#m4)
5. Funny in a quiet, serious way: "dry humour". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#m5)
6. As a verb, to make or become dry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#m6)

### In the lessons

In science, things dry when water evaporates into the air; heat and wind make things dry faster; deserts are dry places. In everyday life: dry your hands after washing; dry grass catches fire easily. Phrases: dry up, dry off, blow-dry, dry land, high and dry.

### Examples

- Dry your hands on the towel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x1)
- The desert is hot and dry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x2)
- The washing dried in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x3)
- My throat is dry; I need water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x4)
- The river dried up in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x5)
- Dry grass burns easily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x6)
- Keep your feet dry in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x7)
- We were happy to reach dry land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x8)
- My throat is dry and burning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dry/#x9)

### Note

He/she form: "dries"; past "dried" (y → ie). "Dryer" is also a machine for drying. Opposite: wet. A dry place for a fire can still be dangerous.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, "dry land" is the land that appears out of the waters at creation and after the flood.

**Interpretation.** A dry meal-offering is one without oil, and the dry land stands for the order that God gave to the world.

### Examples

- And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry. (Torah GEN.8.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dry/#x1)
- all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died. (Torah GEN.7.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dry/#x2)
- And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another. (Torah LEV.7.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dry/#x3)
- And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble? (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dry/#x4)
- His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither. (Writings JOB.18.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dry/#x5)
- Turn our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the dry land. (Writings PSA.126.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dry/#x6)

### Note

He/she form: "dries"; past "dried" (y → ie). "Dryer" is also a machine for drying. Opposite: wet. A dry place for a fire can still be dangerous.

## On Mova

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