Definition of drys

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• drys is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• drys is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• drys is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of drys

• become dry or drier (verb)

  Examples

  1. The laundry dries in the sun

  Synonyms

  1. dry out
• a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. prohibitionist
• lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a dry book
  2. a dry lecture filled with trivial details

  Synonyms

  1. juiceless
• humorously sarcastic or mocking (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dry humor

  Synonyms

  1. ironic
  2. ironical
  3. wry
• remove the moisture from and make dry (verb)

  Examples

  1. dry clothes
  2. dry hair

  Synonyms

  1. dry out
• practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages (adjective)

  Examples

  1. he's been dry for ten years

  Synonyms

  1. teetotal
• free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dry land
  2. dry clothes
  3. a dry climate
  4. dry splintery boards
  5. a dry river bed
  6. the paint is dry
• having a large proportion of strong liquor (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a very dry martini is almost straight gin
• having no adornment or coloration (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dry facts
  2. rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner
• lacking warmth or emotional involvement (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a dry greeting
  2. a dry reading of the lines
  3. a dry critique
• not producing milk (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a dry cow
• not shedding tears (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dry sobs
  2. with dry eyes
• (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dry toast
  2. dry meat
• (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a dry white burgundy
  2. a dry Bordeaux
• unproductive especially of the expected results (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a dry run
  2. a mind dry of new ideas
• used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones (adjective)

  Examples

  1. dry weight
• lacking moisture or volatile components ()

  Examples

  1. dry paint
• opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages ()

  Examples

  1. the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers
  2. a dry state
• without a mucous or watery discharge ()

  Examples

  1. a dry cough
  2. that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose

See definition of drys in Merriam Webster