dried-up 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of dried-upnext
as in drained

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dried up

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verb

past tense of dry up
as in quieted (down)
to stop talking sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dried-up
  1. exhausted
  2. shut up
  3. dry
  4. arid
  5. lifeless
  6. spent
  7. waterless
  8. desert
Adjective
  • Isolated and exhausted, the mother is frustrated, and miserable.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Coming into the new year exhausted and disengaged won’t set the stage for career success.
    Elizabeth Pearson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • The Disney Channel has shut up shop in a number of countries as its parent company continues to focus on its streaming service, Disney+.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Has the right suddenly decided that athletes should not just shut up and dribble but instead publicly engage with political issues?
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of shut up
Adjective
  • That minimal percentage is caused by extremely dry air that circulates throughout the cabin at 30,000 feet.
    Sara Button, AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Enclosures help retain humidity for species that struggle in dry home air.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of dry
Adjective
  • To withstand the extreme heat and arid conditions, crops in the Salton Sea air basin need to be watered regularly.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The Sonoran Desert, which covers much of the southwestern United States, is a vast expanse of arid earth where cartoonish entities—roadrunners, tumbleweeds, telephone-pole-tall succulents—make occasional appearances.
    Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of arid
Adjective
  • Seven hours later, John found his daughter's lifeless body in a small basement room.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Police responding to the scene of a grisly Harlem murder more than a quarter century ago found the lifeless body of a young woman.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of lifeless
Adjective
  • If successful, this process could deal with the americium that is the most dangerous and long-lived component of spent reactor fuel.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Conventional wisdom describes the Green Movement as a spent force, citing the lack of mass demonstrations over the past year and half.
    Michael Ledeen, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2012
Definition of spent
Adjective
  • While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.
    Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
Definition of waterless
Adjective
  • The ban covers the non-desert regions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties and most of Orange County and prohibits outdoor and residential burning of wood and manufactured logs.
    Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2021
  • The temporary ban applies to areas within the South Coast Air Basin, which includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, according to a news release from the agency.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2022
Definition of desert
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