dry - English dictionary definition

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1. Dry  Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.
2. Dry  Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.
3. Dry  Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
4. Dry  Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
5. Dry  Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
6. Dry  Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.
7. Dry  Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.
8. Dry  Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.
9. Dry  Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.
10. Dry  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.