dry
- adjective
- /draɪ/
- For instance, if the effective temperature is 17 degrees F, the energy needs of a cow with a dry winter coat are about 15% higher than they would be under more moderate conditions.
Examples
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All these activities attributed to vampires do occur: storms and scourges come and go, crops don't always thrive, and cows do go dry.
Academic text (1990) -
After calving, she was dry, indicating that she needed time before producing milk again.
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The higher productivity is expressed particularly in the higher dry season milk yields.
Academic text (1990) -
It became especially important to them during the major dry season from January to March, when food in the forest was not as abundant as usual.
Academic text (1990) -
The farmer noticed that the cow had been dry for several months, so he decided to change her feed.
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It is essential to keep a cow well-fed when she is dry to ensure her health for the next lactation.
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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
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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
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Etymology
Dry for a cow means 'not giving milk' and comes from the idea 'not wet' or 'no liquid'. So a dry cow is one that is not producing milk at the moment.