self-dry

verb

Of a substance or other material, to dry itself without external intervention.

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Meanings

verbself-dry (third-person singular simple present self-dries, present participle self-drying, simple past and past participle self-dried)

present singular third person self-dries · participle present self-drying · participle past self-dried · past self-dried

  1. intransitiveuncommonOf a substance or other material, to dry itself without external intervention.

Origin

From self- + dry.

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APA

self-dry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-dry

MLA

“self-dry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-dry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-dry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-dry.

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