What is the meaning of dry?

noun

• A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages.
  • synonyms: prohibitionist

verb

• Remove the moisture from and make dry.
  • usage: "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
  • synonyms: dry out
• Become dry or drier.
  • usage: "The laundry dries in the sun"
  • synonyms: dry out

adjective

• Free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet.
  • usage: "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
• Humorously sarcastic or mocking.
  • usage: "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"
  • synonyms: ironic, ironical, wry
• Lacking moisture or volatile components.
  • usage: "dry paint"
• Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
  • usage: "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state"
• Not producing milk.
  • usage: "a dry cow"
• Of liquor. ( having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation)
  • usage: "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux"
• Without a mucous or watery discharge.
  • usage: "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
• Not shedding tears.
  • usage: "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
• Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless."a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to... Life- John Mason Brown
  • synonyms: juiceless
• Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones.
  • usage: "dry weight"
• Unproductive especially of the expected results.
  • usage: "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
• Having no adornment or coloration.
  • usage: "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
• Of food. ( eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish)
  • usage: "dry toast"; "dry meat"
• Having a large proportion of strong liquor.
  • usage: "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
• Lacking warmth or emotional involvement.
  • usage: "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"
• Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages.
  • usage: "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"
  • synonyms: teetotal