Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 21 compound words that contain dries. The most common are listed below. Open dries in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- air-driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of air-dry: That is free of moisture to the degree possible by exposure to; naturally dried.
- blow-driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of blow-dry: To dry with a hair dryer.
- dries offthird-person singular simple present indicative of dry off: To make dry.
- dries outthird-person singular simple present indicative of dry out: To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry.
- dries upthird-person singular simple present indicative of dry up: To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
- drip-driesplural of drip-dry: Made of a fabric that does not wrinkle when hung dripping wet for drying.
- finger-driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of finger-dry: To dry hair by lifting, separating, and shaping the strands with the fingers instead of using a brush or comb.
- freeze-driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of freeze-dry: To remove volatile liquid from (a substance) by sublimation, normally under vacuum, from the frozen state.
- line-driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of line-dry: To dry on a clothesline.
- self-driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of self-dry: Of a substance or other material, to dry itself without external intervention.
- smoke-driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of smoke-dry: To cure or dry foodstuffs by means of smoke.
- spin-driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of spin-dry: To dry in a spin dryer.
- spray-driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of spray-dry: To convert (a liquid or slurry) into a powder by rapidly drying it with a hot gas.
- sun-driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of sun-dry: To dry in the sun, especially food.
- tumble driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of tumble dry: To make or become dry by rolling about in the heated rotating drum of a clothes dryer.
- wind-driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of wind-dry: To subject to a process of using wind in order to dry something.
- fluff-driesthird-person singular simple present indicative of fluff-dry: To tumble-dry without heat, resulting in a softer texture.
- dries up and blows awaythird-person singular simple present indicative of dry up and blow away: To go away; to disappear.
- dries one's eyesthird-person singular simple present indicative of dry one's eyes: To cease crying.
Compound words 21
- sundriesA category in accounting records for irregular or miscellaneous items not otherwise classified.
- foundriesplural of foundry: A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.
- DriessenA surname from Dutch.
- airdriesthird-person singular simple present indicative of airdry: That is free of moisture to the degree possible by exposure to; naturally dried.
- balladriesplural of balladry: ballads considered as a group; also, the sharing (transmission), making and performing of ballads, ballads as an activity, as a tradition, as a body of work, as a craft, as implying a community of singers, makers and …
- blowdriesthird-person singular simple present indicative of blowdry: To dry with a hair dryer.
- chowdriesplural of chowdry: A leader or representative of a group of traders.
- Driessensplural of Driessen: A surname from Dutch.
- fladriesplural of fladry: A string of flags (usually red) used to demarcate boundaries that contain wildlife such as wolves, and deter them from crossing.
- fordriesthird-person singular simple present indicative of fordry: To dry up; become dry.