Dry vs. Toast — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dry and Toast
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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
Toast
To heat and brown (bread, for example) by exposure to radiant heat.
Dry
(of information, writing, etc.) dully factual
The dry facts of the matter
Toast
To warm thoroughly, as before a fire
Toast one's feet.
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
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Toast
To become toasted
This bread toasts well.
Dry
Prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic drink
The country is strictly dry, in accordance with Islamic law
Toast
To drink to the health or honor of.
Dry
(of an alcoholic drink) not sweet
A dry, medium-bodied red wine
Toast
To propose or drink a toast.
Dry
Relating to political ‘dries’; rigidly monetarist.
Toast
Sliced bread heated and browned.
Dry
Become dry
Waiting for the paint to dry
Pools are left as the rivers dry up
Do not let the soil dry out
Toast
(Slang) One that is doomed, in trouble, or unworthy of further consideration.
Dry
Forget one's lines
A colleague of mine once dried in the middle of a scene
Toast
The act of raising a glass and drinking in honor of or to the health of a person or thing.
Dry
The process or an instance of drying.
Toast
A proposal to drink to someone or something or a speech given before the taking of such a drink.
Dry
A dry or covered place.
Toast
The one honored by a toast.
Dry
A Conservative politician (especially in the 1980s) in favour of strict monetarist policies.
Toast
A person receiving much attention or acclaim
The toast of Broadway.
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
Toast
(uncountable) Toasted bread.
I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.
Dry
Free from liquid or moisture
Changed to dry clothes.
Toast
(countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.
Dry
Having or characterized by little or no rain
A dry climate.
Toast
(countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
He was the toast of high society.
Dry
Marked by the absence of natural or normal moisture
A dry month.
Toast
Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast!
Dry
Not under water
Dry land.
Toast
Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
Dry
Having all the water or liquid drained away, evaporated, or exhausted
A dry river.
Toast
A transient, informational unclickable pop-up overlay, less interactive than a snackbar.
Dry
No longer yielding liquid, especially milk
A dry cow.
Toast
To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.
Dry
Not producing a liquid substance that is normally produced
Dry heaves.
Toast
To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster
Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
Dry
Not shedding tears
Dry sobs.
Toast
To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.
We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.
Dry
Needing moisture or drink
A dry mouth.
Toast
To warm thoroughly.
I toasted my feet by the fire.
Dry
No longer wet
The paint is dry.
Toast
To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
Dry
Of or relating to solid rather than liquid substances or commodities
Dry weight.
Toast
To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.
Dry
Not sweet as a result of the decomposition of sugar during fermentation. Used of wines.
Toast
To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.
Dry
Having a large proportion of strong liquor to other ingredients
A dry martini.
Toast
To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.
Dry
Eaten or served without butter, gravy, or other garnish
Dry toast.
Dry meat.
Toast
Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc.
My sober evening let the tankard bless,With toast embrowned, and fragrant nutmeg fraught.
Dry
Having no adornment or coloration; plain
The dry facts.
Toast
A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; - so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy.
It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia.
Dry
Devoid of bias or personal concern
Presented a dry critique.
Toast
Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we celebrate," etc.
Dry
Lacking tenderness, warmth, or involvement; severe
The actor gave a dry reading of the lines.
Toast
Slices of bread that have been toasted
Dry
Matter-of-fact or indifferent in manner
Rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical tone.
Toast
A celebrity who receives much accalim and attention;
He was the toast of the town
Dry
Wearisome; dull
A dry lecture filled with trivial details.
Toast
A person in desperate straits; someone doomed;
I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work
One mistake and you're toast
Dry
Humorous in an understated or unemotional way
Dry wit.
Toast
A drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
Dry
Prohibiting or opposed to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages
A dry county.
Toast
Make brown and crisp by heating;
Toast bread
Crisp potatoes
Dry
Unproductive of the expected results
A mind dry of new ideas.
Toast
Propose a toast to;
Let us toast the birthday girl!
Let's drink to the New Year
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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