dry

dry

A n GB Pol ultraconservateur/-trice m/f.

B adj

1 (not wet or moist) [clothing, ground, hair, hand, paint, crackle, rustle] sec/sèche ; [skin, hair, throat, mouth, cough] sec/sèche ; [riverbed, well] à sec ; to run dry [river, funds, supplies] se tarir ; dry bread pain sec ; to be ou feel dry (thirsty) [person] avoir le gosier sec ○ ; to keep sth dry tenir qch au sec ; to keep (oneself) dry rester au sec ; to get dry se sécher ; to get sth dry (faire) sécher qch ; to wipe sth dry essuyer qch ; the kettle has boiled dry toute l'eau de la bouilloire s'est évaporée ; on dry land sur la terre ferme ;

2 (not rainy) [weather, climate, season, month, heat] sec/sèche ; [day, spell] sans pluie ; it will be dry tomorrow il ne pleuvra pas demain ;

3 (not sweet) [wine, sherry etc] sec/sèche ;

4 (ironic) [wit, person, remark] pince-sans-rire inv ; (cold) [person, remark] sec/sèche ;

5 (dull) [book, reading, subject matter] aride ;

6 (forbidding alcohol) [state, country] qui interdit la vente de boissons alcoolisées ;

7 GB Pol [view, minister] ultraconservateur/-trice ; a dry Tory un/-e ultraconservateur/-trice m/f.

C vtr faire sécher [clothes, washing] ; sécher [fruit, meat, flowers] ; to dry the dishes essuyer la vaisselle ; to dry sb's hair sécher les cheveux de qn ; to dry one's hair/hands se sécher les cheveux/les mains ; to dry one's eyes sécher ses larmes.

D vi [sheet, clothes, hair, paint, blood, concrete] sécher.

E v refl to dry oneself se sécher.

Idioms

(as) dry as a bone sec/sèche comme un coup de trique ; (as) dry as dust ennuyeux/-euse comme la pluie.

Phrasal verbs

■ dry off :

▶ dry off [material, object] sécher ; [person] se sécher ;

▶ dry off [sb/sth], dry [sb/sth] off sécher [person, object] ; to dry oneself off se sécher.

■ dry out :

▶ dry out

1 lit [wood, walls, clay, soil] sécher ; don't let the plant dry out ne laissez pas la plante se dessécher ;

2 ○ [alcoholic] se faire désintoxiquer ;

▶ dry out [sth/sb], dry [sth/sb] out

1 lit sécher [wood, clay] ; [sun] dessécher [skin, earth] ;

2 ○ désintoxiquer [alcoholic].

■ dry up :

▶ dry up

1 lit [river, well, spring] s'assécher, se tarir ; [ground, jar of liquid] sécher ;

2 fig (run out) [supply, source, funds, money] se tarir ;

3 (wipe crockery etc) [person] essuyer la vaisselle ;

4 ○ (be unable to speak) [speaker, actor, interviewee] sécher ○ ; oh, dry up will you! GB boucle-la, tu veux bien ○ ! ;

▶ dry up [sth], dry [sth] up

1 [heat, drought] assécher [puddle, river, pond] ;

2 [person] essuyer [plates, crockery].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.