dry
Free from or lacking moisture.
Example
“This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?”
Other meanings
unable to produce a liquid, as water, oil, or milk.
“This well is as dry as that cow.”
Built without or lacking mortar.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "drȳġe" (dry; parched, withered).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dry” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.