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RUN DRY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become empty of water

Example:

The river runs dry in the summer

Synonyms:

dry out; run dry

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

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

dry; dry out (become dry or drier)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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