DRY OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dry out mean? 

• DRY OUT (verb)
  The verb DRY OUT has 3 senses:

1. become dry or drier

2. become empty of water

3. remove the moisture from and make dry

  Familiarity information: DRY OUT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRY OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become dry or drier

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dry; dry out

Context example:

The laundry dries in the sun

Hypernyms (to "dry out" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dry out"):

scorch (become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions)

dry out; run dry (become empty of water)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become empty of water

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Synonyms:

dry out; run dry

Context example:

The river runs dry in the summer

Hypernyms (to "dry out" is one way to...):

dry; dry out (become dry or drier)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Remove the moisture from and make dry

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dry; dry out

Context example:

dry hair

Hypernyms (to "dry out" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Cause:

dry; dry out (become dry or drier)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dry out"):

dehydrate; desiccate; dry up; exsiccate (lose water or moisture)

dehydrate; desiccate (remove water from)

spin-dry (dry (clothes) by spinning and making use of centrifugal forces)

tumble dry (dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder)

spray-dry (dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas)

dehumidify (make less humid)

parch; sear (cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat)

rough-dry (dry without smoothing or ironing)

blow-dry (dry hair with a hair dryer)

drip-dry (dry by hanging up wet)

air (expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

The tree then has hydraulic failure and cannot transport water from the roots to the leaves, causing it to dry out and die.

(What's killing trees during droughts?, National Science Foundation)