dry

I [draɪ]

aggettivo

1) (not wet or moist) [clothing, ground, paint] asciutto; [skin, hair, throat, cough] secco; [rustle, riverbed] arido, secco

to run dry — [river, funds, supplies] prosciugarsi

to be o feel dry (thirsty) [person] essere assetato; to get dry seccarsi, asciugarsi; to get sth. dry fare asciugare qcs.; to wipe sth. dry asciugare qcs.; on dry land — sulla terraferma

2) (not rainy) [climate, heat] secco; [weather, season] asciutto; [day] senza pioggia

3) (not sweet) [wine, sherry etc.] secco

4) (ironic) [wit, person, remark] pungente, ironico; (cold) [person, remark] freddo, caustico

5) (dull) [book, subject matter] arido, noioso

6) (forbidding alcohol) [state, country] proibizionista

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(as) dry as a bone — completamente asciutto, secco

(as) dry as dust — noioso da morire

II 1. [draɪ]

verbo transitivo fare asciugare [clothes, washing]; seccare, fare seccare [meat, flowers]

to dry the dishes — asciugare i piatti

to dry one's hands — asciugarsi le mani

2.

verbo intransitivo [clothes, hair, paint] asciugarsi; [blood] seccarsi

3.

verbo riflessivo

to dry oneself — asciugarsi

- dry off

- dry out

- dry up

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1. adjective

1) (having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc: The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children.) secco

2) (uninteresting and not lively: a very dry book.) arido

3) ((of humour or manner) quiet, restrained: a dry wit.) (che scherza restando serio)

4) ((of wine) not sweet.) secco

2. verb

(to (cause to) become dry: I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun.) asciugare

- dried

- drier
- dryer
- drily
- dryly
- dryness
- dry-clean
- dry land
- dry off
- dry up

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I [draɪ]

aggettivo

1) (not wet or moist) [clothing, ground, paint] asciutto; [skin, hair, throat, cough] secco; [rustle, riverbed] arido, secco

to run dry — [river, funds, supplies] prosciugarsi

to be o feel dry (thirsty) [person] essere assetato; to get dry seccarsi, asciugarsi; to get sth. dry fare asciugare qcs.; to wipe sth. dry asciugare qcs.; on dry land — sulla terraferma

2) (not rainy) [climate, heat] secco; [weather, season] asciutto; [day] senza pioggia

3) (not sweet) [wine, sherry etc.] secco

4) (ironic) [wit, person, remark] pungente, ironico; (cold) [person, remark] freddo, caustico

5) (dull) [book, subject matter] arido, noioso

6) (forbidding alcohol) [state, country] proibizionista

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(as) dry as a bone — completamente asciutto, secco

(as) dry as dust — noioso da morire

II 1. [draɪ]

verbo transitivo fare asciugare [clothes, washing]; seccare, fare seccare [meat, flowers]

to dry the dishes — asciugare i piatti

to dry one's hands — asciugarsi le mani

2.

verbo intransitivo [clothes, hair, paint] asciugarsi; [blood] seccarsi

3.

verbo riflessivo

to dry oneself — asciugarsi

- dry off

- dry out

- dry up