English > dry out: 3 senses > verb 3, change| Meaning | Remove the moisture from and make dry. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonym | dry |
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| Cause to | dry, dry out | Become dry or drier |
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| Narrower | air | expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry |
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| blow-dry | dry hair with a hair dryer |
| dehumidify | make less humid |
| dehydrate, desiccate | Remove water from |
| drip-dry | dry by hanging up wet |
| exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccate | Lose water or moisture |
| parch, sear | Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat |
| rough-dry | dry without smoothing or ironing |
| spin-dry | dry (clothes) by spinning and making use of centrifugal forces |
| spray-dry | dry by bringing into the form of a spray, through contact with a hot gas |
| tumble dry | dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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| Opposite | wet | Cause to become wet |
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| Spanish | enjugar, secar |
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| Catalan | assecar, eixugar, secar |
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