DRY OUT


Meaning of DRY OUT in English

1.

If something dries out or is dried out, it loses all the moisture that was in it and becomes hard.

If the soil is allowed to ~ the tree could die...

The cold winds ~ your skin very quickly.

PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P n (not pron), also V n P

2.

If someone dries out or is dried out, they are cured of addiction to alcohol. (INFORMAL)

He checked into Cedars Sinai Hospital to ~...

PHRASAL VERB: V P, also be V-ed P

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