1 having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc: “The ground is very dry”
droog

2 uninteresting and not lively: “a very dry book.”
saai

3 (of humour or manner) quiet, restrained: “a dry wit.”
droog

4 (of wine) not sweet.
droog
to (cause to) become dry: “I prefer drying dishes to washing them”
drogen

dried (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

(of food) having had moisture removed for the purpose of preservation: “dried flowers”
gedroogd

'drier (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

a machine etc that dries: “a spin-drier”
droger

'drily (Bijwoord)

in a quiet, restrained (and humorous) manner: “He commented drily on the untidiness of the room.”
droog

'dryness (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

droogte

'dry-'clean (Werkwoord)

to clean (clothes etc) with chemicals, not with water.
stomen

dry land

the land as opposed to the sea etc.
vaste grond

dry off

to make or become completely dry: “She climbed out of the swimming-pool and dried off in the sun.”
(doen) opdrogen

dry up

1 to lose water; to cease running etc completely: “All the rivers dried up in the heat.”
opdrogen

2 to become used up: “Supplies of bandages have dried up.”
uitgeput raken

3 to make dry: “The sun dried up the puddles in the road.”
doen opdrogen

4 (of a speaker) to forget what he is going to say: “He dried up in the middle of his speech.”
niet meer weten wat te zeggen
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to dry	verdrogen (ww.) ; verdorren (ww.) ; uitdrogen (ww.) ; opdrogen (ww.) ; indrogen (ww.) ; droogmaken (ww.) ; droog maken (ww.) ; drogen (ww.) ; doen drogen (ww.) ; centrifugeren (ww.) ; afdrogen (ww.)
dry	verdord ; droog ; droge ; dor ; drogen ; wrang ; vrij van vocht ; vrij van oplosmiddel ; sec ; luchtdroog ; droogvallen ; droog worden ; droog

Bronnen: interglot; Horecagids; MWB; Download IATE, European Union, 2017.; Wakefield genealogy pages




EN: arid
EN: baked
EN: barren
EN: bone-dry
EN: burn
EN: burnt
EN: dehydrate
EN: dehydrated
EN: desiccate
EN: desiccated

EN: the U.S. used to be dry NL: in de V.S. bestond een drankverbod
EN: dry battery, dry cell NL: batterij
EN: dry death NL: dood zonder bloedvergieten
EN: dry goods NL: manufacturen NL: droge waren
EN: dry light NL: onpartijdigheid
EN: it sort of dried out NL: het leven is er uit
EN: dry up NL: verdrinken NL: verdorren NL: vastzitten (van toneelspeler)
EN: dry up! NL: hou je mond!