dried

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/dɹaɪd/[dɹaɪd]sometimes[d͡ʒɹaɪd]

adjective

Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.

“dried lentils”

Similar
anhydrousdesiccateddehydrateddrypreserved
Opposite
cannedtinned
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Meanings

adjectivedried (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.

    Synonyms: anhydrous, desiccated

  2. not comparableUsually of foods: cured, preserved by drying.

    dried fish; dried fruit

    Synonyms: dehydrated

  3. not comparableSold raw and unprocessed.

    dried lentils

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of dry

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWithout water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.

Similar
anhydrousdesiccated

adjectiveUsually of foods: cured, preserved by drying.

Similar
dehydrated

antonym(s) of “sold raw and unprocessed”

Opposite
cannedtinned

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot still wet

Similar
dry

adjectivepreserved by removing natural moisture

Similar
dehydrateddesiccatedpreserved
Also see
dehydrateddesiccatedesiccated

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek καπυρός
  • καπυρός (kapurós)preserved by drying
Arabic مُجَفَّف, مُجَفَّف
  • مُجَفَّف (mujaffaf)without water or moisture
  • مُجَفَّف (mujaffaf)preserved by drying
Bulgarian сух, изсушен
  • сух (suh)without water or moisture
  • изсушен (izsušen)without water or moisture
Catalan assecat
  • assecatpreserved by drying
Chinese Mandarin 乾燥的 /干燥的
  • 乾燥的 /干燥的 (gānzào de)without water or moisture
Czech sušený
  • sušenýpreserved by drying
Danish tørret, tørret
  • tørretwithout water or moisture
  • tørretpreserved by drying
Dutch gedroogd, gedroogd
  • gedroogdwithout water or moisture
  • gedroogdpreserved by drying
Finnish kuivattu, kuivunut
  • kuivattuwithout water or moisture
  • kuivunutwithout water or moisture
  • kuivattupreserved by drying
  • kuiva-preserved by drying
French séché, séché
  • séchéwithout water or moisture
  • séchépreserved by drying
German getrocknet
  • getrocknetwithout water or moisture
Hebrew מיובש
  • מיובש (m'yubásh)without water or moisture
Italian essiccato
  • essiccatopreserved by drying
Japanese 乾燥させた
  • 乾燥させた (kansō saseta)without water or moisture
Korean 건, 마른
  • 건 (geon)preserved by drying
  • 마른 (mareun)preserved by drying
Latin passus
  • passuspreserved by drying
Māori tauraki
  • taurakiwithout water or moisture
Norwegian Bokmål tørket, tørket
  • tørketwithout water or moisture
  • tørketpreserved by drying
Polish suszony, suszony
  • suszonywithout water or moisture
  • suszonypreserved by drying
Portuguese seco
  • secowithout water or moisture
Russian сухо́й, сушёный
  • сухо́й (suxój)without water or moisture
  • сушёный (sušónyj)without water or moisture
  • вы́сушенный (výsušennyj)without water or moisture
  • вя́леный (vjálenyj)without water or moisture
Spanish seco, seco
  • secowithout water or moisture
  • secopreserved by drying
  • pasadopreserved by drying
  • pasopreserved by drying
  • pansidopreserved by drying
Swedish torkad, torkad
  • torkadwithout water or moisture
  • torkadpreserved by drying
Thai แห้ง
  • แห้ง (hɛ̂ɛng)without water or moisture

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dried

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Cite this entry
APA

dried. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dried

MLA

“dried.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dried. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dried,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dried.

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