I.
verb
ADVERB
▪ carefully , completely , properly , thoroughly
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Wait until the paint has completely dried.
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Always ~ clothes thoroughly before you wear them again.
▪ partially
▪ quickly , rapidly
▪ slowly
▪ naturally
▪ off , out
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We left the wood in the shed to ~ out.
▪ overnight
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Allow the paper to ~ overnight.
VERB + DRY
▪ allow sth to , leave sth to , let sth
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It's best to let your hair ~ naturally.
PHRASAL VERB
dry up
1 become empty of water
ADVERB
▪ completely
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It's been so hot this year that the pond has dried up completely.
2 be no longer available
ADVERB
▪ completely
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Funds have completely dried up.
▪ virtually
II.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem
▪ become , get , go , run
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Come into the warm and get ~, both of you.
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Ruth felt her mouth go ~.
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The wells in most villages in the region have run ~.
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Vaccine supplies started to run ~ as the flu outbreak reached epidemic proportions. ( figurative )
▪ keep , remain , stay
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We managed to keep ~ by huddling in a doorway.
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There is every prospect of the weather remaining ~ this week.
▪ pat sb/sth , rub sb/sth , towel sb
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Rinse the mushrooms and pat ~.
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Towel yourself ~ before getting dressed.
▪ bleed sb , milk sb , squeeze sb , suck sb ( all figurative )
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The big corporations are bleeding some of these small countries ~ (= taking all their money) .
▪ keep sth
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This type of wound is best kept ~ without a dressing.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ bone , completely , perfectly , quite , thoroughly , totally
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The river was bone ~.
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Make sure the paint is thoroughly ~.
▪ almost , nearly
▪ barely , hardly , scarcely ( often figurative )
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The ink was scarcely ~ on the agreement before fighting broke out again.
▪ mainly , mostly
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The day will start bright and mainly ~.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ reasonably ( esp. BrE ), relatively
Dry is used with these nouns: ↑ air , ↑ biscuit , ↑ bone , ↑ cargo , ↑ champagne , ↑ cider , ↑ climate , ↑ cloth , ↑ clothes , ↑ condition , ↑ cough , ↑ desert , ↑ diaper , ↑ dirt , ↑ earth , ↑ evening , ↑ eye , ↑ food , ↑ grass , ↑ ground , ↑ hair , ↑ heat , ↑ humour , ↑ ingredient , ↑ land , ↑ laugh , ↑ leaf , ↑ lip , ↑ milk , ↑ month , ↑ mouth , ↑ mud , ↑ mustard , ↑ paint , ↑ patch , ↑ run , ↑ sand , ↑ sarcasm , ↑ scalp , ↑ season , ↑ sense of humour , ↑ sherry , ↑ slope , ↑ sob , ↑ soil , ↑ spell , ↑ sponge , ↑ storage , ↑ store , ↑ summer , ↑ throat , ↑ toast , ↑ tone , ↑ towel , ↑ twig , ↑ weather , ↑ well , ↑ wine , ↑ wit