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dried adjective [ drʌɪd ]

• preserved by removal or evaporation of moisture.
• "dried fruit"

dry verb

• become dry.
• "allow 24 hours for the paint to dry"
• forget one's lines.
• "a colleague of mine once dried in the middle of a scene"
Origin: Old English drȳge (adjective), drȳgan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German dröge, Dutch droog, and German trocken .


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