dry
- noun
- /draɪ/
- Archaic
- Recently, the dry delivered a speech emphasizing the dangers of alcohol consumption.
Examples
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The man had left her high and dry a month before Aubrey was born.
Fiction book (2001) -
The faculty were badly split between dries who favored this person and wets who could not abide him.
Fiction book (1993) -
The dry advocated for stricter laws to prevent alcohol sales in the community.
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As a dry, she often organized events that promoted sobriety among young people.
Synonyms
A person who wants to ban alcohol or other drugs
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A very cold solid made from carbon dioxide used to keep things frozen and make white fog
- Specialized
A place where workers empty the water so they can build or fix a ship's bottom
- Specialized
A way of painting that uses very little paint to make a rough, scratchy texture
- Specialized
A small battery with a moist paste inside that gives power to devices like a flashlight
- Offensive
An attack in which someone hides and kills another person by surprise in a lonely place
- Specialized
A small source of electricity used in devices like radios or flashlights that has no liquid
- Archaic
A way to make photographs on glass plates with a thin light-sensitive layer
- Specialized
A print made by scratching a metal plate with a hard needle to make dark, soft lines
- Specialized
Dead skin and flesh that become dry and dark when blood flow stops, often in a toe or foot
- Specialized
Severe pain in the empty hole after a tooth is removed when the blood clot falls out
- Specialized
A small insect that lives in and eats dry wood not touching the ground
- Specialized
A portable structure that sinks so a ship can enter and then lifts it out for repair
- Specialized
A unit used in the United States to measure dry things like grain
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dry as a noun for a person who wants alcohol banned comes from calling places 'dry' meaning 'no alcohol'. So a dry is someone who supports not selling or drinking alcoholic drinks.