sun-dry

verb

To dry in the sun, especially food.

Meanings

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

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

  1. transitiveTo dry in the sun, especially food.

Translations

Bulgarian суша́ на слъ́нце
  • суша́ на слъ́нце (sušá na slắnce)dry in the sun, especially food
Chinese Mandarin 曬乾 /晒干
  • 曬乾 /晒干 (shàigān)dry in the sun, especially food
Finnish aurinkokuivata
  • aurinkokuivatadry in the sun, especially food
Irish grianraigh
  • grianraighdry in the sun, especially food
Italian essiccare al sole
  • essiccare al soledry in the sun, especially food
Polish suszyć na słońcu, wysuszyć na słońcu
  • suszyć na słońcudry in the sun, especially food
  • wysuszyć na słońcudry in the sun, especially food
Russian со́хнуть на со́лнце, вы́сохнуть на со́лнце
  • со́хнуть на со́лнце (sóxnutʹ na sólnce)dry in the sun, especially food
  • вы́сохнуть на со́лнце (výsoxnutʹ na sólnce)dry in the sun, especially food
Swedish soltorka
  • soltorkadry in the sun, especially food
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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