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Dry up   /draɪ əp/   Listen
Dry up

verb
1.
Lose water or moisture.  Synonyms: dehydrate, desiccate, exsiccate.
2.
Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture.  Synonym: mummify.






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"Dry up" Quotes from Famous Books



... development of these much of her attention has been directed; but this restrictive system, which has so unjustly exacted the proceeds of her labor, to be bestowed on other sections, has so impaired the resources of the state, that, if not speedily arrested, it will dry up the means of education, and with it deprive her of the only source through which she can aspire to distinction. . . ...
— Southern Literature From 1579-1895 • Louise Manly

... "Oh, dry up that rot! Don't think I'm blind, if you are. Don't deceive yourself. There's a woman-hunger in you, too, though perhaps you haven't found it out yet. ...
— Children of the Mist • Eden Phillpotts

... short time I set out for my own home; yes, my own home, my own soil, my humble dwelling, my own family, my own hearts, my ocean of love and affection, which neither circumstances nor time can dry up. Here, like the wearied bird, let me settle down for a while, ...
— David Crockett: His Life and Adventures • John S. C. Abbott

... a formal tale, With none but statesmen and grave fools prevail. Dry up your tears, and practice every grace, That fits the pageant of your ...
— The Works of John Dryden, Volume 5 (of 18) - Amboyna; The state of Innocence; Aureng-Zebe; All for Love • John Dryden

... never sick, Doctor. You know that I come of tough fiber—of that old Creole race of Pontelliers that dry up and finally blow away. I came to consult—no, not precisely to consult—to talk to you about Edna. I don't know ...
— The Awakening and Selected Short Stories • Kate Chopin


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