| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
| Synonyms: | cotton-mouth, desiccate, drain, dry, dry out, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear |
| Antonyms: | hydrate, moisten, wet |
| Main Entry: | desiccate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
| Synonyms: | anhydrate, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, divest, drain, dry, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear, shrivel, wither, wizen |
| Antonyms: | moisten, moisturize, wet |
| Main Entry: | dry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moistureless |
| Synonyms: | anhydrous, arid, athirst, baked, bald, bare, barren, dehydrated, depleted, desert, desiccant, desiccated, drained, dried-up, droughty, dusty, evaporated, exhausted, hard, impoverished, juiceless, not irrigated, parched, rainless, sapless, sapped, sear, shriveled, stale, thirsty, torrid, unmoistened, waterless |
| Antonyms: | damp, dripping, humid, juicy, moist, soaked, soggy, watery, wet |
| Main Entry: | dry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
| Synonyms: | anhydrate, bake, blot, concentrate, condense, dehumidify, dehydrate, deplete, desiccate, drain, empty, evaporate, exhaust, exsiccate, freeze-dry, harden, kiln, mummify, parch, scorch, sear, shrivel, soak up, sponge, stale, swab, torrefy, towel, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen |
| Antonyms: | dampen, soak, water, wet |
| Main Entry: | evaporate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry up, dissolve |
| Synonyms: | clear, concentrate, dehumidify, dehydrate, dematerialize, desiccate, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, evanesce, evanish, fade, fade away, melt, parch, pass, vanish, vaporize, weaken |
| Antonyms: | dampen, soak, wet |
| Main Entry: | parch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
| Synonyms: | blister, brown, dehydrate, desiccate, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, make thirsty, scorch, sear, shrivel, stale, wither |
| Antonyms: | dampen, moisten, wet |
| Main Entry: | parched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dry |
| Synonyms: | arid, burned, cotton-mouth, dehydrated, dried out, dried up, dry as dust, scorched, shriveled, thirsty, waterless, withered |
| Antonyms: | damp, moist, wet |
| Main Entry: | sear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
| Synonyms: | blight, brand, brown, burn up, cauterize, cook, dehydrate, desiccate, dry out, dry up, exsiccate, harden, parch, scorch, seal, shrivel, sizzle, tan, toast, wilt, wither |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | starving/starved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deprived of food |
| Synonyms: | could eat a horse, craving, dehydrated, drawn, dying, emaciated, empty, faint, famished, haggard, hungering, hungry, malnourished, peaked, peckish, perishing, pinched, ravenous, skinny, thin, underfed, undernourished, weakened |
| Antonyms: | fed, full, satisfied |