dry up

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

THESAURUS

dry up

Sanforize, air-dry, anhydrate, attenuate, bake, be consumed, be used up, blot, brush, burn, consume, cure, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, devitalize, diminish, drain, droop, dry, dummy up, emacerate, emaciate, evaporate, exsiccate, fade, fade away, fire, flag, give out, insolate, kiln, languish, macerate, mummify, mummy, parch, peter out, pine, pipe down, preshrink, ring off, rub, run dry, run out, scorch, sear, shrink, shrivel, shut up, smoke, soak up, sponge, sun, sun-dry, swab, thin, torrefy, towel, waste, waste away, weazen, welter, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen

ROGET THESAURUS

dry up

Waste

VB spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust, impoverish, spill, drain, empty, disperse, cast away, fool away, muddle away, throw away, fling away, fritter away, burn the candle at both ends, waste, squander, waste its sweetness on the desert air, cast one's bread upon the waters, cast pearls before swine, employ a steam engine to crack a nut, waste powder and shot, break a butterfly on a wheel, labor in vain, cut blocks with a razor, pour water into a sieve, leak, run to waste, ebb, melt away, run dry, dry up.

Dryness

VB be dry, render dry, dry, dry up, soak up, sponge, swab, wipe, drain, desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate, parch, kiln dry, vacuum dry, blow dry, oven dry, hang out to dry, mummify, be fine, hold up.