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RUN DRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does run dry mean?
• RUN DRY (verb)
The verb RUN DRY has 1 sense:
1. become empty of water
Familiarity information: RUN DRY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 "run dry" is one way to...):
dry; dry out (become dry or drier)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Context examples
A cog must have slipped or an oil-cup run dry, for the postman brought him one morning a short, thin envelope.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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