air-dry
1 of 2adjective
ˈer-ˈdrī 
: dry to such a degree that no further moisture is given up on exposure to air
air-dry
2 of 2verb
air-dried; air-drying; air-dries
transitive verb
: to dry by exposure to air
intransitive verb
: to become dry by exposure to air
Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1846, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1886, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
air-dries
verb
as in bakes
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- bakes
- evaporates
- shrivels
- mummifies
- dehumidifies
- dries
- withers
- wizens
- desiccates
- dehydrates
- drains
- parches
- scorches
- sears
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- waters
- washes
- hydrates
- soaks
- wets
- saturates
- moistens
- floods
- bathes
- overflows
- inundates
- drowns
- drenches
- deluges
- douses
- damps
- waterlogs
- dampens
- humidifies
- sops
- rehydrates
- submerges
- dips
- souses
- dowses
- swamps
- dunks
- penceless
- pencels
- penchant
- penchants
- penché
- pencil
- pencil (in)
- pencil and pearl
- pencil beam
- pencil case
- pencil cedar
- pencil compass
- pencil diamond
- pencil fish
- pencil flower
- pencil in
- pencil orchid
- pencil pusher
- pencil rod
- pencil sharpener
- pencil stone
- pencil stripe
- penciled
- penciled (in)
- penciled in