dry Význam & definícia

Význam dry v slovenčine

• 0 used to describe something that has no water or other liquid in, on, or around it:

  • I hung his wet trousers on the radiator, but they're not dry yet.

  • These plants grow well in dry soil/a dry climate.

  • This cake's a bit dry - I think I left it in the oven for too long.

  • If it's dry tomorrow I'll cut the grass.

  • It should be a nice, sunny, dry day.

  • By this time all the wells had run dry.

  • a shampoo for dry hair

  • All I was offered was a piece of dry bread and an apple!

• 1 If a book, talk, subject, etc. is dry, it is not interesting.

• 2 without alcoholic drinks:

  • a dry wedding

  • a dry bar

  • a dry state (= a place that does not allow alcohol)

• 3 If wine or other alcoholic drinks are dry, they do not taste sweet:

  • dry cider/martini/sherry/wine

  • On the whole, I like dry wine better than sweet.

• 4 Dry humour is very funny in a way that is clever and not obvious:

  • a dry sense of humour

  • a dry wit

• 5 a place where the conditions are not wet, especially when compared to somewhere where the conditions are wet:

  • You're soaked - come into the dry.

• 6 to become dry, or to make something become dry:

  • Will this paint dry by tomorrow?

  • Hang the clothes up to dry.

  • The fruit is dried in the sun.

• 7 without water or liquid in, on, or around something:

  • Are the clothes dry yet?

  • Do you have a shampoo for dry hair?

• 8 (of a place) not permitting alcoholic drinks to be sold

• 9 not interesting or exciting:

  • The book is packed with information but it is a little dry.

• 10 amusing in a way that is not obvious:

  • a dry wit

• 11 to become dry, or to remove water from something :

  • [ I ] I can’t go out until my hair dries.

  • [ T ] The woman dried her hands on a towel and returned to the table.

  • [ I ] If you don’t keep food covered, it dries out.