Dries

Word DRIES
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Definitions and meanings of "Dries"

What do we mean by dries?

Plural form of dry. noun

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dry. verb

The process by which something is dried.

A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).

(with "the") The dry season.

An area of waterless country.

(UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

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The word "dries" in example sentences

The skin dries and the throat parches as though one were living in the heat of the desert; water and wine taste warm in the mouth, and food is of the substance of the sand; one snarls at ❋ Unknown (1918)

They’re sensitive to light and their skin dries out unless they submerge themselves frequently. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As a rightwinger, I’m with Halliburton on this and say we need to “stay the course” until the gravy train dries completely up. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Rhetoric replaces poetry, it is true, and paraphrase dries up the freshness and the sparkle of the metaphor. ❋ Martin Brown Ruud (1913)

The inside of the root, when fresh, is whitish; but assumes its brown colour as it dries, which is done (inter al.) by hanging it on a string in the air: it abates so much of its weight, that of seven pounds green, there doth not remain above one dry. ❋ Unknown (1761)

Olay Blemish Control doesn't leave my skin feeling tingly clean like I have experienced with other medicated cleansers and chemical exfoliants, but the key is that it feels completely clean, AND -- this is a biggie -- I have experienced a minimal feeling of "tightness" or stripping after my skin dries, which is hard to come by for my sensitive skin! ❋ Unknown (2010)

This means testing the waters through an on-going array of revenue source options through different partnership deals as consumer demand for plan old fashion voice calls dries up. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The peer said the Cabinet was more politically diverse in the 1980s - when it was divided between the "wets" and the "dries" - than today's Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition ❋ Unknown (2010)

Orleans where nothing every really "dries," matches don't always light and rice cakes collapse instead of crunch? ❋ Unknown (2009)

This driving rain is something I've -- I've covered a lot of hurricanes and usually the rain comes and it goes and there's little bands of rain and then it kind of dries out. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It generally ranges between 80 and 90 during the "dries," and between 70 and 80 during the rains. ❋ S. C. Charleston (1878)

It won't do much else, and - despite presence of vitamin E - kind of dries out your skin. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And how about 98 percent humidity environments like New Orleans where nothing every really "dries," matches don't always light and rice cakes collapse instead of crunch? ❋ Unknown (2009)

ha. if it's true, then it's a case of Dave replacing 'dries' with 'wets'. ❋ Unknown (2007)

- I don’t know what to tell you about the moss, it needs shade here or kind of dries up during the summer. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I save the Coke for last, sip it so slowly it looks like a black well that never dries up. ❋ T.J. Forrester (2011)

The longer we delay fixing the banks, the faster the economy deleverages, the more credit dries up, the further the stock market falls, the higher the ultimate bank bailout price tag for the American taxpayer, and the more we risk falling into a financial black hole from which escape could take decades. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When dough dries, sprinkle with flour, roll out flat, and cut into strips. ❋ Roseanne Barr (2011)

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