dry out

See also: dryout

English

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Verb

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

1. (transitive) To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry.

   Synonyms: dessicate; dehydrate

   Hypernym: dry (sometimes synonymous)

   Coordinate term: dry up

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

2. (intransitive) To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed; to become dry.

   Synonyms: dessicate; dehydrate

   Hypernym: dry (sometimes synonymous)

   Coordinate term: dry up

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

3. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.
4. (intransitive, bowling, of a bowling lane) To become less oily, affecting play, after being oiled up.

Translations

(transitive) to cause moisture to be completely removed from

• Belarusian: высу́шваць impf (vysúšvacʹ), вы́сушыць pf (výsušycʹ)
• French: dessécher (fr)
• Hungarian: kiszárít (hu)
• Polish: wysuszać impf, wysuszyć (pl) pf
• Russian: высу́шивать (ru) impf (vysúšivatʹ), вы́сушить (ru) pf (výsušitʹ)
• Ukrainian: вису́шувати impf (vysúšuvaty), ви́сушити pf (výsušyty)

(intransitive) to have excess water evaporate

• Azerbaijani: qurumaq (az)
• Belarusian: высыха́ць impf (vysyxácʹ), вы́сахнуць pf (výsaxnucʹ)
• Bulgarian: изсъ́хвам (bg) impf (izsǎ́hvam)
• Cornish: deseha, desegha, desygha (Kernewek Kemmyn)
• French: se dessécher (fr)
• Hungarian: kiszárad (hu)
• Ingrian: kuivaa
• Latin: arēscō
• Mongolian: хатаах (mn) (xataax)
• Polish: wysychać (pl) impf, wyschnąć pf, wysuszać się impf, wysuszyć się (pl) pf
• Russian: высыха́ть (ru) impf (vysyxátʹ), вы́сохнуть (ru) pf (výsoxnutʹ), высу́шиваться (ru) impf (vysúšivatʹsja), вы́сушиться (ru) pf (výsušitʹsja)
• Ukrainian: висиха́ти impf (vysyxáty), ви́сохнути pf (výsoxnuty), ви́сохти pf (výsoxty), вису́шуватися impf (vysúšuvatysja), ви́сушитися pf (výsušytysja)