DRY

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dry I. adjectiv

1. (despre pământ etc.) uscat, arid, sterp; sec.

2. (despre puţuri, izvoare etc.) secat.

3. (despre vin) sec, vârtos.

4. (despre un om ) însetat.

5. (despre pompe) dezamorsat.

6. (despre porturi) inutilizabil la reflux.

7. (amer.) antialcoolic, prohibiţionist, care se opune vânzării de băuturi spirtoase;

to go dry a prohibi consumarea băuturilor spirtoase.

8. (mil. sl.) de exerciţiu, de instrucţie.

9. (fig.) rece, impasibil;

dry reception primire rece.

10. (fig.) brut; direct, simplu; neînfrumuseţat;

dry facts fapte brute / fără comentarii.

11. (depre o carte) neinteresant.

dry II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a usca, a scoate umezeala din;

to dry herbs a usca ierburi;

to dry the dishes a şterge vasele.

2. a seca, a face să sece; a drena.

3. (fig.) a opri (curgerea);

to dry one’s tears a-şi şterge lacrimile, a-şi opri plânsul;

to dry one’s eyes a-şi şterge ochii, a-şi opri plânsul.

4. a face (o vacă) să devină stearpă.

dry II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se usca, a-şi pierde umezeala.

2. a rămâne fără apă.

3. a fi însetat.

4. to dry off sau (amer.) to dry out a se evapora;

to dry up a) (despre un puţ) a seca; b) a tăcea, a înceta;

(fam.) dry up! taci! încetează!

dry III. substantiv

1. secetă; uscăciune.

2. uscat, pământ.

3. (amer.) partizan al prohibiţiei.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

What a shame to take my horse, and give me only a dry cow!

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

After picking out the silver shoe, which was all that was left of the old woman, she cleaned and dried it with a cloth, and put it on her foot again.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

The last thing he did was to see that his matches were dry and to wind his watch.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

The name, you see, is in perfectly black ink, which has dried itself.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At half tide she must be high and dry.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

It is dried wood from the forest.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The medicines can cause your eyes to become dry.

(Overactive Bladder, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Joseph and the groom found marks on the bed outside the window, but the weather has been so dry lately that they found it hopeless to follow the trail across the grass.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The sun has dried up all the rain-drops, sir.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

The abbey would be always safe and dry.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

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