dry out

verb

To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry.

“Your trousers need to dry out before you put them on.”

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dessicatedehydratedryrun dry
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Meanings

verbdry out (third-person singular simple present dries out, present participle drying out, simple past and past participle dried out)

present singular third person dries out · participle present drying out · participle past dried out · past dried out

  1. transitiveTo cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry.

    Placing socks on the radiator will dry them out more quickly.

    Synonyms: dessicate, dehydrate

  2. intransitiveTo have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed; to become dry.

    Your trousers need to dry out before you put them on.

    Synonyms: dessicate, dehydrate

  3. ambitransitivecolloquialidiomaticTo (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.
  4. intransitivebowlingTo become less oily, affecting play, after being oiled up.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry.

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dessicatedehydrate

verbTo have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed; to become dry.

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dessicatedehydrate

More synonyms by meaning

verbbecome dry or drier

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dry
Broader
change

verbbecome empty of water

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run dry
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drydry out

verbremove the moisture from and make dry

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dry
Broader
changealtermodify
Also see
desiccatedryrun dryseasonunwater

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian изсъ́хвам
  • изсъ́хвам (izsắhvam)(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
French dessécher, se dessécher
  • dessécher(transitive) to cause moisture to be completely removed from
  • se dessécher(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
Hungarian kiszárít, kiszárad
  • kiszárít(transitive) to cause moisture to be completely removed from
  • kiszárad(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
Latin arēscō
  • arēscō(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
Polish wysuszać, wysuszyć
  • wysuszać(transitive) to cause moisture to be completely removed from
  • wysuszyć(transitive) to cause moisture to be completely removed from
  • wysychać(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
  • wyschnąć(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
  • wysuszać się(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
  • wysuszyć się(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
Russian высу́шивать, вы́сушить
  • высу́шивать (vysúšivatʹ)(transitive) to cause moisture to be completely removed from
  • вы́сушить (výsušitʹ)(transitive) to cause moisture to be completely removed from
  • высыха́ть (vysyxátʹ)(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
  • вы́сохнуть (výsoxnutʹ)(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
  • высу́шиваться (vysúšivatʹsja)(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
  • вы́сушиться (výsušitʹsja)(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
Turkish kurutmak, kurulamak
  • kurutmak(transitive) to cause moisture to be completely removed from
  • kurulamak(transitive) to cause moisture to be completely removed from
  • kurumak(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
Ukrainian вису́шувати, ви́сушити
  • вису́шувати (vysúšuvaty)(transitive) to cause moisture to be completely removed from
  • ви́сушити (výsušyty)(transitive) to cause moisture to be completely removed from
  • висиха́ти (vysyxáty)(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
  • ви́сохнути (výsoxnuty)(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
  • ви́сохти (výsoxty)(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
  • вису́шуватися (vysúšuvatysja)(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
  • ви́сушитися (výsušytysja)(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“dry out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dry out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20out.

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