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drier

English

Alternative forms

  • dryer

Usage notes

In both British and American English, the spelling drier is preferred for the comparative adjective and dryer for the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?d?a??/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?a??/
  • Rhymes: -a??(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English driere, dreyere (“one who dries”), equivalent to dry +? -er (“agent suffix”).

Noun

drier (plural driers)

  1. (chiefly Britain, Canada) Alternative spelling of dryer

Etymology 2

dry +? -er (“comparative suffix”)

Adjective

drier

  1. comparative form of dry: more dry

Anagrams

  • Rider, direr, reird, rider

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dried

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d?a?d/
  • Rhymes: -a?d

Adjective

dried (not comparable)

  1. Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.
  2. Usually of foods: cured, preserved by drying.
    dried fish; dried fruit
  3. Sold raw and unprocessed.
    dried lentils

Synonyms

  • (without water): anhydrous, desiccated
  • (preserved): dehydrated

Antonyms

  • (sold raw and unprocessed): canned, tinned

Translations

Verb

dried

  1. simple past tense and past participle of dry

Anagrams

  • redid, rided

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