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      dry
      noun
      The process by which something is dried.
      (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
      An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
      (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
      (Australia) An area of waterless country.
      Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
      (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
      A surname.
      verb
      (intransitive) To lose moisture.
      (transitive) To remove moisture from.
      (transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
      (intransitive, informal, theater) For an actor to forget their lines while performing.
      (software engineering) To cause code to become DRY; to remove repetition from code.
      adjective
      Free from or lacking moisture.
      Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
      (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
      (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
      (figurative) Athirst, eager.
      Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
      (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
      Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
      (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
      (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
      Lacking interest, boring.
      (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
      (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
      (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
      (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
      (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
      Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
      Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
      In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
      (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
      (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
      (software engineering) Of code, having the quality of adhering to the principle of DRY; containing as little repetition as possible.
      Synonyms for dry
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