dry up

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

evaporate

dry

wither

dry out

shrivel

become dry

exsiccate

wizen

run dry

subside

dehydrate

ebb

desiccate

mummify

grow dry

wilt

parch

dry off

make dry

be parched

be dry

fade

scorch

clam

go dry

shut up

exhaust

run out

shrink

silt up

sink

slough

starve

toast

vanish

vaporize

waste away

wipe

wrap up

become hard

become parched

belt up

burn completely

spread over

wither away

be low

stop bleeding

be dried up

dry completely

wither up

Translations

tarir

secarse

se dessécher

austrocknen

desecar

sécher

secar

inaridirsi

disidratarsi

évaporer

déshydrater

verdorren

vertrocknen

ausdorren

momificar-se