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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dried  \Dried\,  imp.  &  p.  p. 
  of  {Day}.  Also  adj.;  as  dried  apples. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dry  \Dry\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Dried};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Drying}.]  [AS.  drygan  cf  drugian  to  grow  dry.  See  {Dry}, 
  a.] 
  To  make  dry;  to  free  from  water,  or  from  moisture  of  any 
  kind  and  by  any  means  to  exsiccate;  as  to  dry  the  eyes;  to 
  dry  one's  tears;  the  wind  dries  the  earth;  to  dry  a  wet 
  cloth;  to  dry  hay. 
 
  {To  dry  up}. 
  a  To  scorch  or  parch  with  thirst;  to  deprive  utterly  of 
  water;  to  consume. 
 
  Their  honorable  men  are  famished,  and  their 
  multitude  dried  up  with  thirst.  --  Is  v.  13. 
 
  The  water  of  the  sea,  which  formerly  covered  it 
  was  in  time  exhaled  and  dried  up  by  the  sun. 
  --Woodward. 
  b  To  make  to  cease,  as  a  stream  of  talk. 
 
  Their  sources  of  revenue  were  dried  up  --  Jowett 
  (Thucyd.  ) 
 
 
  {To  dry,  or  dry  up},  {a  cow},  to  cause  a  cow  to  cease 
  secreting  milk.  --Tylor. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  dried 
  adj  1:  not  still  wet;  "the  ink  has  dried";  "a  face  marked  with 
  dried  tears" 
  2:  preserved  by  removing  natural  moisture;  "dried  beef";  "dried 
  fruit";  "dehydrated  eggs";  "shredded  and  desiccated 
  coconut  meat"  [syn:  {dehydrated},  {desiccated}] 




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