dry out
Lose all moisture
Dry out means to lose moisture or cause something to lose moisture: Leave the bread out and it'll dry out.
Extended to people, it means to stop drinking alcohol, especially through treatment: He checked into a facility to dry out.
The phrase implies a process that takes time—wood dries out over weeks, an alcoholic dries out over a stay in rehab.
Extremely dry or thirsty
- desiccationComplete removal of moisture
- aridDevoid of water
- evaporateTransition to gaseous state
- witherDry and decay
shrivel · brittle · baked · crispy · wilted · scorch · sapped · desiccate
Unimpaired mental state
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- withdrawalAct of taking away
abstinence · rehab · twelve-step · sponsor · meetings · AA · intervention · relapse
parched
Extremely dry or thirsty
- desiccationComplete removal of moisture
- aridDevoid of water
- evaporateTransition to gaseous state
wither · shrivel · brittle · baked · crispy · wilted · scorch · sapped · desiccate · moistureless
sobriety
Unimpaired mental state
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
withdrawal · abstinence · rehab · twelve-step · sponsor · meetings · AA · intervention · relapse · clean
- dry outdesiccate, parch, evaporate, wither, shrivel
- go badrot, spoil, decay, mold, sour
- hardensolidify, harden, stiffen, firm up, set
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
- battery problemsdead battery, battery drain, low battery, flat battery, power loss