Found 4 items, similar to dryest.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: dry
kering
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dry
gersang, kering, membeku
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dryest
dry
n : a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
[syn:
prohibitionist]
[also:
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dry
v 1: remove the moisture from and make dry;
“dry clothes”;
“dry
hair” [syn:
dry out] [ant:
wet]
2: become dry or drier;
“The laundry dries in the sun” [syn:
dry out
]
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dry
adj 1: free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal
moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet;
“dry
land”;
“dry clothes”;
“a dry climate”;
“dry splintery
boards”;
“a dry river bed”;
“the paint is dry” [ant:
wet]
2: humorously sarcastic or mocking;
“dry humor”;
“an ironic
remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely”;
“an
ironic novel”;
“an ironical smile”;
“with a wry Scottish
wit” [syn:
ironic,
ironical,
wry]
3: opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of
alcoholic beverages;
“the dry vote led by preachers and
bootleggers”;
“a dry state” [ant:
wet]
4: not producing milk;
“a dry cow” [ant:
wet]
5: (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar
during fermentation;
“a dry white burgundy” [ant:
sweet]
6: without a mucous or watery discharge;
“a dry cough”;
“that
rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry
nose” [ant:
phlegmy]
7: not shedding tears;
“dry sobs”;
“with dry eyes”
8: lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless;
“a dry
book”;
“a dry lecture filled with trivial details”;
“dull
and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is
unrelated to...life”- John Mason Brown [syn:
juiceless]
9: used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones;
“dry
weight”
10: unproductive especially of the expected results;
“a dry
run”;
“a mind dry of new ideas”
11: having no adornment or coloration;
“dry facts”;
“rattled off
the facts in a dry mechanical manner”
12: (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish;
“dry toast”;
“dry meat”
13: suffering from fluid deprivation;
“his mouth was dry”
14: having a large proportion of strong liquor;
“a very dry
martini is almost straight gin”
15: lacking warmth or emotional involvement;
“a dry greeting”;
“a dry reading of the lines”;
“a dry critique”
16: practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages;
“he's been dry for ten years”;
“no thank you; I happen to
be teetotal” [syn:
teetotal]
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English → English (gcide)
Definition: dry
Wine
\Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel.
v[=i]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, ?, and E.
withy. Cf.
Vine,
Vineyard,
Vinous,
Withy.]
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1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a
beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out
their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment.
“Red
wine of Gascoigne.” --Piers Plowman.
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov.
xx. 1.
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Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape
Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton.
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Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol,
containing also certain small quantities of ethers and
ethereal salts which give character and bouquet.
According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines
are called
red,
white,
spirituous,
dry,
light,
still, etc.
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2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit
or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as,
currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
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3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
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Noah awoke from his wine. --Gen. ix. 24.
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Birch wine,
Cape wine, etc. See under
Birch,
Cape,
etc.
Spirit of wine. See under
Spirit.
To have drunk wine of ape or
To have drunk wine ape, to
be so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Wine acid. (Chem.) See
Tartaric acid, under
Tartaric.
[Colloq.]
Wine apple (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a
rich, vinous flavor.
Wine fly (Zo["o]l.), small two-winged fly of the genus
Piophila, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other
fermented liquors.
Wine grower, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine.
Wine measure, the measure by which wines and other spirits
are sold, smaller than beer measure.
Wine merchant, a merchant who deals in wines.
Wine of opium (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized
sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary
laudanum; -- also
Sydenham's laudanum.
Wine press, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are
pressed to extract their juice.
Wine skin, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various
countries, for carrying wine.
Wine stone, a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See
1st
Tartar, 1.
Wine vault.
(a) A vault where wine is stored.
(b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables;
a dramshop. --Dickens.
Wine vinegar, vinegar made from wine.
Wine whey, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of
wine.
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