Antonyms for dry up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : drahy

Phonetic Transcription : draɪ

Definition of dry up

Origin : Old English dryge, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (cf. Middle Low German dröge, Middle Dutch druge, Dutch droog, Old High German trucchon, German trocken, Old Norse draugr), from PIE *dreug-.
Meaning "barren" is mid-14c. Of humor or jests, early 15c. (implied in dryly); as "uninteresting, tedious" from 1620s. Of places prohibiting alcoholic drink, 1870 (but dry feast, one at which no liquor is served, is from late 15c.; colloquial dry (n.) "prohibitionist" is 1888, American English). Dry goods (1708) were those measured out in dry, not liquid, measure. Dry land (that not under the sea) is from early 13c. Dry run is from 1940s.

As in muzzle : verb gag, quiet
As in parch : verb dry, burn
As in run out : verb fail, be exhausted
As in sear : verb dry, burn
As in shut up : verb be or make quiet
As in silence : verb make or be quiet
As in stifle : verb prevent, restrain
As in wilt : verb sag, fail
As in wither : verb droop, decline
As in mummify : verb embalm
As in exsiccate : verb dry
As in peter : verb decrease
As in quieten : verb silence
As in shush : verb silence
As in decrease : verb grow less or make less
As in dehydrate : verb take moisture out of
As in deplete : verb consume, exhaust supply
As in desiccate : verb take moisture out of

Example sentences :

Why is it that when ink is spilled it dries up, but when it is in the bottle it does not dry up?
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

His voice seemed to wither and dry up gradually in his throat.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

You fellows are making too much noise there, and the doctor wants you to dry up.
Extract from : « A War-Time Wooing » by Charles King

I'll tell you how to dry up all the love and kindness you may have.
Extract from : « Mike Marble » by Uncle Frank

How long, then, will it take to dry up this fountain of death?
Extract from : « Select Temperance Tracts » by American Tract Society

It must dry up the sources of energy and undermine the independence of the individual.
Extract from : « Liberalism » by L. T. Hobhouse

The weather was so cold that it seemed to dry up the skin and crack it open.
Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 10 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant

If you keep on thinking you'll dry up, like a New England school-marm.
Extract from : « The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete » by Winston Churchill

As soon might they dry up the Atlantic, and stop the revolutions of the globe.
Extract from : « Sermons of Christmas Evans » by Joseph Cross

But the conversation began to dry up; and they repeated themselves.
Extract from : « Modernities » by Horace Barnett Samuel

Synonyms for dry up

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