dried-up

[ drahyd-uhp ]

/ ˈdraɪdˈʌp /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR dried-up ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

depleted of water or moisture; gone dry: a dried-up water hole.

shriveled with age; wizened: a dried-up old mule skinner.

Origin of dried-up

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby dried-up

driblet, dribs and drabs, driech, dried, dried-fruit beetle, dried-up, driegh, drier, Driesch, driest, drift

Example sentences from the Web for dried-up

His body is swept away with all the others, like a dried-up fly in a dusty corner.
Lars Iyer’s ‘Wittgenstein Jr.’ Plumbs the Deep Fun of Philosophical Fiction|Drew Smith|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But life lies behind me like a dried-up stream, and these eighteen years are lost as in a desert.
Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 5|Various
Its greenness is intensified by contrast with the dried-up grass on the grazing lands.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India|Douglas Dewar
Little, dried-up geezer with a nose like a kit-fox's and a whine to his voice.
The Uphill Climb|B. M. Bower

He found his friend as usual the picture of dried-up coolness, so to say.
Doctor Claudius, A True Story|F. Marion Crawford
A couple of dried-up mummies with one foot in the grave, and I'm right in the prime of life!
Fore!|Charles Emmett Van Loan

单词	dried-up
释义	dried-up [ drahyd-uhp ] / ˈdraɪdˈʌp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dried-up ON THESAURUS.COM adjective depleted of water or moisture; gone dry: a dried-up water hole. shriveled with age; wizened: a dried-up old mule skinner. Origin of dried-up First recorded in 1810–20 Words nearby dried-up driblet, dribs and drabs, driech, dried, dried-fruit beetle, dried-up, driegh, drier, Driesch, driest, drift Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dried-up His body is swept away with all the others, like a dried-up fly in a dusty corner. Lars Iyer’s ‘Wittgenstein Jr.’ Plumbs the Deep Fun of Philosophical Fiction\|Drew Smith\|October 1, 2014\|DAILY BEAST But life lies behind me like a dried-up stream, and these eighteen years are lost as in a desert. Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 5\|Various Its greenness is intensified by contrast with the dried-up grass on the grazing lands. A Bird Calendar for Northern India\|Douglas Dewar Little, dried-up geezer with a nose like a kit-fox's and a whine to his voice. The Uphill Climb\|B. M. Bower He found his friend as usual the picture of dried-up coolness, so to say. Doctor Claudius, A True Story\|F. Marion Crawford A couple of dried-up mummies with one foot in the grave, and I'm right in the prime of life! Fore!\|Charles Emmett Van Loan Words related to dried-up reticent, aloof, dour, laconic, mum, silent, dusty, arid, torrid, parched, barren, bare, stale, dehydrated, uncommunicative, impoverished, drained, exhausted, sear, desert
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dried-up

adjective

Origin of dried-up

Words nearby dried-up

Example sentences from the Web for dried-up

Words related to dried-up