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as in quieted (down)
to stop talking
sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up
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Recent Examples of dried-up
Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
These accounts document observations on snowfall, the life cycles of wild and cultivated plants (such as the timing of grape harvests and cherry blossoms), fluctuations in grain prices, water level markers on buildings and stones, and artistic depictions of frozen or dried-up rivers.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
These accounts document observations on snowfall, the life cycles of wild and cultivated plants (such as the timing of grape harvests and cherry blossoms), fluctuations in grain prices, water level markers on buildings and stones, and artistic depictions of frozen or dried-up rivers.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
These accounts document observations on snowfall, the life cycles of wild and cultivated plants (such as the timing of grape harvests and cherry blossoms), fluctuations in grain prices, water level markers on buildings and stones, and artistic depictions of frozen or dried-up rivers.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dried-up
Adjective
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Today’s discerning little travelers—and their (presumably) exhausted parents—demand more.—
Forbes Staff,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The world watched, and so did Venezuela’s exhausted population, over 90% of whom, according to opposition data, believe Maduro lost.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
Verb
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Large companies and small and dirty riverside businesses shut up shop, leaving scrub and wasteland.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Ventura responded the next day by resharing a post from the culture website Shade Room showing a screenshot of rapper Playboi Carti telling Ye to shut up.—
Deon J. Hampton,
NBC news,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 May 2025
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In the Colorado River Basin, April and May were very dry.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Destroying forests creates deserts, sandstorms, dry riverbeds and arid croplands.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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As a kid growing up in Hermosillo, the biggest city in the arid northern Mexican state of Sonora, Ruben Leal took the region’s signature flour tortillas for granted.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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Gomez, 38, was found lifeless, lying in bed under the covers.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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What was once a quiet, natural landscape is now a stark, lifeless installation of metal and wire.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Hybrid tea roses are the classic case as continual new waves of flowers depend on conscientious removal of spent blooms.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
24 May 2025
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Substitute espresso powder with spent coffee grounds in your recipe.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.—
Tribune Content Agency,
oregonlive,
27 Nov. 2022
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Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.—
Camille Fine,
USA TODAY,
22 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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The South Coast Air Basin includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Feb. 2025
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This prohibits wood burning both indoors and outdoors across Orange County and the non-desert areas of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Dried-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dried-up. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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