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Translating from English to Portuguese Portugal

Translations:

dry — free from liquid or moisture
→ seco
dry — to make dry
→ secar
→ enxugar
dry — to become dry
→ secar

More translations:

dry
→ seco
dry
→ insípido
dry
→ irónico
dry
→ secar

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 1

  1. a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

    Synonymsprohibitionist

VERB 2

  1. remove the moisture from and make dry

    • “dry clothes”
    • “dry hair”
    Synonymsdry out

  2. become dry or drier

    • “The laundry dries in the sun”
    Synonymsdry out

ADJECTIVE 16

  1. free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet

    • “dry land”
    • “dry clothes”
    • “a dry climate”
    • “dry splintery boards”
    • “a dry river bed”
    • “the paint is dry”

  2. humorously sarcastic or mocking

    • “dry humor”
    • “an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely”
    • “an ironic novel”
    • “an ironical smile”
    • “with a wry Scottish wit”
    Synonymsironicironicalwry

  3. lacking moisture or volatile components

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

    • “the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers”
    • “a dry state”

  2. not producing milk

    • “a dry cow”

  3. (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation

    • “a dry white burgundy”
    • “a dry Bordeaux”

  4. without a mucous or watery discharge; a small child with a dry nose"

    • “a dry cough”
    • “that rare thing in the wintertime”

  5. not shedding tears

    • “dry sobs”
    • “with dry eyes”

  6. lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless

    • “a dry book”
    • “a dry lecture filled with trivial details”
    • “dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown”
    Synonymsjuiceless

  7. used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones

    • “dry weight”

  8. unproductive especially of the expected results

    • “a dry run”
    • “a mind dry of new ideas”

  9. having no adornment or coloration

    • “dry facts”
    • “rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner”

  10. (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish

    • “dry toast”
    • “dry meat”

  11. having a large proportion of strong liquor

    • “a very dry martini is almost straight gin”

  12. lacking warmth or emotional involvement

    • “a dry greeting”
    • “a dry reading of the lines”
    • “a dry critique”

  13. practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; I happen to be teetotal"

    • “he's been dry for ten years”
    • “no thank you”
    Synonymsteetotal