drying [drahy-ing]
Main Entry:
dry [drahy]
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: coagulate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: clot
Synonyms: clabber, coalesce, compact, concentrate, concrete, condense, congeal, consolidate, curdle, dry, gel, gelate, gelatinize, glop up, harden, inspissate, jell, jellify, jelly, lopper, set, solidify, thicken
Antonyms: dilute, dissolve, melt, open, thin, unclot
Main Entry: congeal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: coagulate
Synonyms: cake, clabber, clot, concrete, condense, curdle, dry, freeze, gel, gelate, gelatinate, gelatinize, glob up, harden, indurate, jell, jellify, jelly, refrigerate, set, solidify, stiffen, thicken
Antonyms: dissolve, liquify, melt, separate, thin
Main Entry: cure
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cook, age food
Synonyms: dry, fire, harden, keep, kipper, pickle, preserve, salt, smoke, steel, temper
Main Entry: dehydrate
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: drain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove liquid; remove supply
Synonyms: abate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed dry, catheterize, consume, debilitate, decrease, deplete, devitalize, diminish, dissipate, divert, draft, draw off, drink up, dry, empty, evacuate, exhaust, expend, fatigue, filter off, finish, free from, get last drop, get rid of, gulp down, impoverish, lessen, milk, pump, pump out, quaff, reduce, sap, siphon, spend, strain, suck, suck dry, swallow, tap, tax, tire out, use up, waste, wear, wear down, weary, withdraw
Antonyms: fill, pour
Main Entry: exhaust
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: consume, use up
Synonyms: bankrupt, bleed dry, deplete, devour, dispel, disperse, dissipate, drain, draw, dry, eat, eat up, empty, expend, finish, impoverish, run out, run through, spend, squander, strain, suck dry, take last of, void, wash up, waste
Antonyms: refresh, replenish
Main Entry: harden
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make or become solid
Synonyms: amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, indurate, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify
Antonyms: liquefy, melt, soften
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