English dictionary

dry up Meaning & Definition

What Does Dry Up Mean?

Dry Up is used as a verb meaning To become dry (often of weather); to lose water. It can also mean To cause to become dry.

To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
I'll go shopping when it dries up.
To cause to become dry.
The heatwave dried up all the rivers.
To manually dry dishes and utensils.
I'll dry up if you wash up.
To deprive someone of (something vital).
The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales.
To gradually decrease and eventually cease.
When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs.
To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment.
To forget one's lines.
To stop talking or drop a topic.
Oh, dry up, you old fuddy-duddy!

To manually dry dishes.
To cease to exist; to disappear
When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs.
To stop talking; to forget what one was going to say.
This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment.

The source does not list synonyms for this entry.

I'll go shopping when it dries up.

Last summer the lake completely dried up.

The heatwave dried up all the rivers.

I'll dry up if you wash up.

The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales.

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

After the stock market crash, the easy financing dried up.

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

Oh, dry up, you old fuddy-duddy!

dry up (third-person singular simple present dries up, present participle drying up, simple past and past participle dried up)