dry up (English, verb)
expansion: dry up (third-person singular simple present dries up, present participle drying up, simple past and past participle dried up)
Senses:
glosses: To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To cause to become dry.
tags: transitive
glosses: To manually dry dishes and utensils.
tags: ambitransitive
intransitive
glosses: To deprive someone of (something vital).
tags: transitive
glosses: To gradually decrease and eventually cease.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
To forget one's lines.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of an actor
qualifier: 1930s US slang
glosses: To stop talking or drop a topic.
Forms:
form: dries up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: drying up
tags: participle
present
form: dried up
tags: participle
past
form: dried up
tags: past