drying up

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Present participle of dry up
When you do the drying up, you dry things such as plates, pans, knives, and cups after they have been washed
becoming dry; dehydration
dry up
To deprive someone of (something vital)

The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales.

dry up
To stop talking, to forget what one was going to say

This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment.

dry up
To cease to exist; to disappear

When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs.

dry up
To become dry; to lose water

I'll go shopping when it dries up.

dry up
To manually dry dishes

I'll dry up if you wash up.

dry up
To cause to become dry
drying-up
The act of drying dishes after they have been washed up

I'll do the washing-up if you put it all away.

dry up
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
dry up
completely dry; dried out
dry up
see dry 3 see also dried-up, drying up
dry up
lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
dry up
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
dry up
If a supply of something dries up, it stops. Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter
dry up
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
dry up
dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"
drying up

    Silbentrennung

    dry·ing up

    Türkische aussprache

    drayîng ʌp

    Aussprache

    /ˈdrīəɴɢ ˈəp/ /ˈdraɪɪŋ ˈʌp/
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