Dry

Morpheme

Dry

Type

free base

Denotation

not wet, parched, withered, free from moisture or liquid

Etymology

Middle English drien, drye, dryge, drüȝe; Old English drygan, drȳġe

Evidence

dried, drier, driest, dry, dryable, drybrush, drydock, dryer, dryest, drying, dryish, dryland, dryline, dryly, dryness, drypoint, dryscape, dryside, nondrying, overdry, semidry, superdry, ultradry, undried

See Also

Drought

Homographs

Dry