dried

Everyday

1. Made dry by taking away water or wetness. tree →
2. (of food) With the water taken out so it keeps a long time, like dried fruit or dried peas. tree →
3. (dried up) No longer having water, as a river; or no longer having ideas or words. tree →
4. Made to vanish or come to an end, as tears are dried up. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, you dry your hands, hair and the dishes; dried fruit and pasta last long in the cupboard. In science, a puddle dries up by evaporation; drying salt water leaves salt behind — a way to separate a mixture. Phrases: «dried fruit», «dried up», «dried flowers», «dried out».

Examples

• I dried my hands on the towel. tree →
• The puddles dried up in the sun. tree →
• Raisins are dried grapes. tree →
• We dried flowers by pressing them in a book. tree →
• The washing dried quickly in the wind. tree →
• When the salt water dried, salt crystals were left. tree →
• The river dried up in the long hot summer. tree →
• He wiped his tears and dried his eyes. tree →
• A new desire dried them quickly away. tree →

Note

Spelling: y → ie before -ed and -es: dry, dries, dried; but drying keeps the y. The adjective «dry» (dry, drier, driest). Drying is a reversible-looking change for water, but the water has gone into the air as vapour (evaporation).

In Jewish tradition

Means made dry, and for waters it means the flood going down.

Interpretation. The drying of the earth after the flood marks the new start. Grapes, fresh or dried, are forbidden to a Nazirite, who must avoid anything from the vine.

Examples

• but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.' — (Torah NUM.11.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. (Torah GEN.8.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• he shall abstain from wine and strong drink: he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. (Torah NUM.6.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. (Writings PSA.69.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. (Prophets 1KI.17.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. (Prophets JOL.1.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Spelling: y → ie before -ed and -es: dry, dries, dried; but drying keeps the y. The adjective «dry» (dry, drier, driest). Drying is a reversible-looking change for water, but the water has gone into the air as vapour (evaporation).