Drier vs. Dry — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Drier and Dry
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Drier
One that dries.
Dry
Free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist
He wiped the table dry with his shirt
The jacket kept me warm and dry
Drier
A substance added to paint, varnish, or ink to speed drying.
Dry
(of information, writing, etc.) dully factual
The dry facts of the matter
Drier
A prohibitionist.
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Dry
(of a joke or sense of humour) subtle and expressed in a matter-of-fact way
He delighted his friends with a dry, covert sense of humour
Drier
A comparative of dry.
Dry
Prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic drink
The country is strictly dry, in accordance with Islamic law
Drier
Free from liquid or moisture
Changed to dry clothes.
Dry
(of an alcoholic drink) not sweet
A dry, medium-bodied red wine
Drier
Having or characterized by little or no rain
A dry climate.
Dry
Relating to political ‘dries’; rigidly monetarist.
Drier
Marked by the absence of natural or normal moisture
A dry month.
Dry
Become dry
Waiting for the paint to dry
Pools are left as the rivers dry up
Do not let the soil dry out
Drier
Not under water
Dry land.
Dry
Forget one's lines
A colleague of mine once dried in the middle of a scene
Drier
Having all the water or liquid drained away, evaporated, or exhausted
A dry river.
Dry
The process or an instance of drying.
Drier
No longer yielding liquid, especially milk
A dry cow.
Dry
A dry or covered place.
Drier
Not producing a liquid substance that is normally produced
Dry heaves.
Dry
A Conservative politician (especially in the 1980s) in favour of strict monetarist policies.
Drier
Not shedding tears
Dry sobs.
Dry
A person in favour of the prohibition of alcohol
Evangelical dries had seen to it that the nearest bottle of whiskey was miles away
Drier
Needing moisture or drink
A dry mouth.
Dry
Free from liquid or moisture
Changed to dry clothes.
Drier
No longer wet
The paint is dry.
Dry
Having or characterized by little or no rain
A dry climate.
Drier
Of or relating to solid rather than liquid substances or commodities
Dry weight.
Dry
Marked by the absence of natural or normal moisture
A dry month.
Drier
Not sweet as a result of the decomposition of sugar during fermentation. Used of wines.
Dry
Not under water
Dry land.
Drier
Having a large proportion of strong liquor to other ingredients
A dry martini.
Dry
Having all the water or liquid drained away, evaporated, or exhausted
A dry river.
Drier
Eaten or served without butter, gravy, or other garnish
Dry toast.
Dry meat.
Dry
No longer yielding liquid, especially milk
A dry cow.
Drier
Having no adornment or coloration; plain
The dry facts.
Dry
Not producing a liquid substance that is normally produced
Dry heaves.
Drier
Devoid of bias or personal concern
Presented a dry critique.
Dry
Not shedding tears
Dry sobs.
Drier
Lacking tenderness, warmth, or involvement; severe
The actor gave a dry reading of the lines.
Dry
Needing moisture or drink
A dry mouth.
Drier
Matter-of-fact or indifferent in manner
Rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical tone.
Dry
No longer wet
The paint is dry.
Drier
Wearisome; dull
A dry lecture filled with trivial details.
Dry
Of or relating to solid rather than liquid substances or commodities
Dry weight.
Drier
Humorous in an understated or unemotional way
Dry wit.
Dry
Not sweet as a result of the decomposition of sugar during fermentation. Used of wines.
Drier
Prohibiting or opposed to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages
A dry county.
Dry
Having a large proportion of strong liquor to other ingredients
A dry martini.
Drier
Unproductive of the expected results
A mind dry of new ideas.
Dry
Eaten or served without butter, gravy, or other garnish
Dry toast.
Dry meat.
Drier
Constructed without mortar or cement
Dry masonry.
Dry
Having no adornment or coloration; plain
The dry facts.
Drier
To remove the moisture from; make dry
Laundry dried by the sun.
Dry
Devoid of bias or personal concern
Presented a dry critique.
Drier
To preserve (meat or other foods, for example) by extracting the moisture.
Dry
Lacking tenderness, warmth, or involvement; severe
The actor gave a dry reading of the lines.
Drier
To become dry
The sheets dried quickly in the sun.
Dry
Matter-of-fact or indifferent in manner
Rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical tone.
Drier
Alternative spelling of dryer
Dry
Wearisome; dull
A dry lecture filled with trivial details.
Drier
One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.
Dry
Humorous in an understated or unemotional way
Dry wit.
Drier
Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly.
Dry
Prohibiting or opposed to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages
A dry county.
Drier
A substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
Dry
Unproductive of the expected results
A mind dry of new ideas.
Drier
An appliance that removes moisture
Dry
Constructed without mortar or cement
Dry masonry.
Dry
To remove the moisture from; make dry
Laundry dried by the sun.
Dry
To preserve (meat or other foods, for example) by extracting the moisture.
Dry
To become dry
The sheets dried quickly in the sun.
Dry
A prohibitionist.
Dry
Free from or lacking moisture.
This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?
Dry
Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk.
This well is as dry as that cow.
Dry
(masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
Dry
(chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
Dry alcohol is 200 proof.
Dry
(figurative) Athirst, eager.
Dry
Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
Of course it's a dry house. He was an alcoholic but he's been dry for almost a year now.
Dry
(law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
You'll have to drive out of this dry county to find any liquor.
Dry
Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
Dry
Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
Proper martinis are made with London dry gin and dry vermouth.
Dry
(humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
Steven Wright has a deadpan delivery, Norm Macdonald has a dry sense of humor, and Oscar Wilde had a dry wit.
Dry
Lacking interest, boring.
A dry lecture may require the professor to bring a water gun in order to keep the students' attention.
Dry
(fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
Dry
(aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
This fighter jet's engine has a maximum dry thrust of 200 kilonewtons.
Dry
Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
Dry
(of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
Dry
Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
Never dry fire a bow
Dry humping her girlfriend
Making a dry run
Dry
Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
Dry
(Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
Dry
The process by which something is dried.
This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry.
Dry
(US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
Dry
An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
Come under my umbrella and keep in the dry.
Dry
The dry season.
Dry
(Australia) An area of waterless country.
Dry
Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
Dry
A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
Dry
(intransitive) To lose moisture.
The clothes dried on the line.
Dry
(transitive) To remove moisture from.
Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
Dry
To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
Dry
For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.
Dry
Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; - said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season.
Dry
Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
Give the dry fool drink.
Dry
Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.
These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament.
Dry
Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly.
Dry
Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.
He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body.
Dry
Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.
Dry
Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.
The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects.
Dry
To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.
Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
The water of the sea, which formerly covered it, was in time exhaled and dried up by the sun.
Their sources of revenue were dried up.
Dry
To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.
Dry
To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; - said of moisture, or a liquid; - sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up.
Dry
To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.
And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
Dry
A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
Dry
Remove the moisture from and make dry;
Dry clothes
Dry hair
Dry
Become dry or drier;
The laundry dries in the sun
Dry
Free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet;
Dry land
Dry clothes
A dry climate
Dry splintery boards
A dry river bed
The paint is dry
Dry
Humorously sarcastic or mocking;
Dry humor
An ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely
An ironic novel
An ironical smile
With a wry Scottish wit
Dry
Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages;
The dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers
A dry state
Dry
Not producing milk;
A dry cow
Dry
(of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation;
A dry white burgundy
Dry
Without a mucous or watery discharge;
A dry cough
That rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose
Dry
Not shedding tears;
Dry sobs
With dry eyes
Dry
Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless;
A dry book
A dry lecture filled with trivial details
Dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life
Dry
Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones;
Dry weight
Dry
Unproductive especially of the expected results;
A dry run
A mind dry of new ideas
Dry
Having no adornment or coloration;
Dry facts
Rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner
Dry
(of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish;
Dry toast
Dry meat
Dry
Suffering from fluid deprivation;
His mouth was dry
Dry
Having a large proportion of strong liquor;
A very dry martini is almost straight gin
Dry
Lacking warmth or emotional involvement;
A dry greeting
A dry reading of the lines
A dry critique
Dry
Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages;
He's been dry for ten years
No thank you; I happen to be teetotal
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