dried-up


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dried-up

adj
1. informal old and dull
2. suffering from lack of water: dried-up grass.
3. empty of water: a dried-up river bed.
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dried′-up′



adj.
1. depleted of water or moisture; gone dry.
2. shriveled with age; wizened.
[1810–20]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.dried-up - (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered
botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
dry - 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.dried-up - depleted of water; "a dried-up water hole"
dry - 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"
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Translations

dried-up

[ˌdraɪdˈʌp] ADJ [river-bed, stream, oasis] → seco
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dried-up

adj
(pej inf: = wizened) → verhutzelt; a dried-up old spinster → eine vertrocknete alte Jungfer
(= stale) food → eingetrocknet
river bed, oasis → ausgetrocknet; well → versiegt ? also dry up
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