Definitions from Wiktionary (dry up)
▸ verb: (intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to become dry.
▸ verb: (intransitive, ambitransitive) To manually dry dishes and utensils.
▸ verb: (transitive) To deprive someone of (something vital).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To gradually decrease and eventually cease.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
▸ verb: (of an actor) To forget one's lines.
▸ verb: (1930s US slang) To stop talking or drop a topic.
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▸ verb: (intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to become dry.
▸ verb: (intransitive, ambitransitive) To manually dry dishes and utensils.
▸ verb: (transitive) To deprive someone of (something vital).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To gradually decrease and eventually cease.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
▸ verb: (of an actor) To forget one's lines.
▸ verb: (1930s US slang) To stop talking or drop a topic.
Similar:
dehydrate,
mummify,
desicate,
dessicate,
dry out,
dry off,
desiccate,
fordry,
wither,
updry,
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