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DRY UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lose water or moisture
Example:
In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
Synonyms:
dehydrate; desiccate; dry up; exsiccate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dry up" is one way to...):
dry; dry out (remove the moisture from and make dry)
Sentence frames:
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Sense 2
Meaning:
Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
Example:
a mummified body was found
Synonyms:
dry up; mummify
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dry up" is one way to...):
shrink; shrivel; shrivel up; wither (wither, as with a loss of moisture)
Verb group:
mummify (remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it)
Sentence frame:
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