drying up

Signification (Anglais)

present participle and gerund of dry up

dry up

1. (intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
2. (transitive) To cause to become dry.
3. (ambitransitive, intransitive) To manually dry dishes and utensils.
4. (transitive) To deprive someone of (something vital).
5. (intransitive) To gradually decrease and eventually cease.
6. (intransitive) To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
7. (intransitive) To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
8. To stop talking or drop a topic.

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Concepts

évaporation

dessiccation

s’épuiser

se tarir

s’assécher

Synonymes

withering

dehydration

drying

desiccation

evaporation

parching

emaciating

starvation

becoming exhausted

running dry

becoming dry

absorbing

making dry

absorption

aridity

desiccating

dessication

dryness

Traductions

تَجْفِيف

قفوف

deshidratació

dessecació

ausdorrend

Erschöpfung

Austrocknung

Vertrocknung

vollständige Ausbeutung

prosciugamento

dehydratatie

dehydratie

desidratação