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to dry up. transitive. To suck, draw, or take up (liquid or moisture) entirely, as is done by the sun or with a cloth or the like.
absol. To dry crockery, cutlery, etc., after washing up.
absol. = dry, v. 1c. Also with up. Cf. wash, v. 1i.