1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"2. Depleted of water; "a dried-up water hole"
disapproval If you describe someone as dried-up, you are saying rudely that they are old and dull, and not worth paying attention to. her fears of becoming a dried-up old prune. see also dry up = withered
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines
If you dry up when you are speaking, you stop in the middle of what you were saying, because you cannot think what to say next. If you ask her what she's good at she will dry up after two minutes
If a river, lake, or well dries up, it becomes empty of water, usually because of hot weather and a lack of rain. Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land + dried-up dried-up a dried-up river bed. = dry
If something dries up or if something dries it up, it loses all its moisture and becomes completely dry and shrivelled or hard. As the day goes on, the pollen dries up and becomes hard Warm breezes from the South dried up the streets. + dried-up dried-up a tuft or two of dried-up grass. = desiccated