dries
Loses its wetness
Dries is the third-person singular of dry.
Something dries when moisture leaves it: The paint dries in about an hour.
To dry something is to remove its moisture: She dries her hair with a towel.
In British political slang, dries were Thatcher-era conservatives who favored strict monetary policy, opposed to the more moderate "wets."
Convert to gas
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- evaporateTransition to gaseous state
- condenseMake more compact
humidity · mist · dewpoint · transpiration · distill · fog · sweat · perspire
Needing hydration
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- brittleLiable to shatter
- shriveledContracted from moisture loss
- dustyCoated with fine particles
scorched · sunbaked · baked · arid · wizened · chapped · flaky · rough
Cured meat snack
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- smokedExposed to wood fumes
- saltedTreated with sodium chloride
- dehydratedSeverely lacking moisture
cured · sundried · biltong · prosciutto · stockfish · pemmican · raisins · herbs
Severe food shortage
- water shortageInsufficient supply of water
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- crop failureWhen fields yield nothing
- dust bowlErosion-ravaged drought zone
desertification · water rationing · reservoir · irrigation · rainfall · aquifer · groundwater · wells
vaporize
Convert to gas
condense · humidity · mist · dewpoint · transpiration · distill · fog · sweat · perspire · dissipate
wilt
Lose vigor, sag
droop · decay · decline · atrophy · sag · crumble · deteriorate · languish · brown · wrinkle
thirsty
Needing hydration
dusty · scorched · sunbaked · baked · arid · wizened · chapped · flaky · rough · barren
jerky
Cured meat snack
dehydrated · cured · sundried · biltong · prosciutto · stockfish · pemmican · raisins · herbs · tobacco
famine
Severe food shortage
- water shortageInsufficient supply of water
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- crop failureWhen fields yield nothing
dust bowl · desertification · water rationing · reservoir · irrigation · rainfall · aquifer · groundwater · wells · rainless
harden
Make or become firm
congeal · crystallize · gel · stiffen · thicken · firm · cement · calcify · crust · seal
- ToriesConservative Party, Tory, Toryism, Thatcherism, Thatcherites
- transformationschange, changes, transform, transforms, transformation