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Meaning of "drying-up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRYING-UP

drying-up  [ˌdraɪɪŋˈʌp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRYING-UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drying-Up is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRYING-UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of drying-up in the English dictionary

The first definition of drying-up in the dictionary is to do the drying-up to dry the dishes, cups, glasses etc after they have been washed. Other definition of drying-up is the loss of water. Drying-Up is also the stopping of something such as a supply of something.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRYING-UP


beaten-up
ˌbiːtənˈʌp
beating-up
ˌbiːtɪŋˈʌp
belly-up
ˌbelɪˈʌp
breaking-up
ˌbreɪkɪŋˈʌp
chopped-up
ˌtʃɒptˈʌp
curtain-up
ˌkɜːt ənˈʌp
dressing-up
ˌdresɪŋˈʌp
dried-up
ˌdraɪdˈʌp
faceup
ˌfeɪsˈʌp
giddy-up
ˌɡɪdɪˈʌp
hard-up
ˌhɑːdˈʌp
re-up
ˌriːˈʌp
rolled-up
ˌrəʊldˈʌp
runners-up
ˌrʌnərzˈʌp
setting-up
ˌsɛtɪŋˈʌp
shook-up
ˌʃʊkˈʌp
stepped-up
ˌstɛptˈʌp
un-made-up
ˌʌnmeɪdˈʌp
up-and-up
ˈʌpəndˈʌp
well-brought-up
ˌwɛlbrɔːtˈʌp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRYING-UP

dry-ski slope
dry-stone
dry-stone wall
dryable
dryad
dryadic
drybeat
Dryden
dryer
drying
drying oil
drying-up cloth
dryish
drylot
dryly
drymouth
dryness
dryopithecine
drysalter
drysaltery

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRYING-UP

bang-up
bringing-up
close-up
follow-up
get-up
hang-up
hold-up
hook-up
made-up
make-up
pick-up
pin-up
pop-up
put-you-up
set-up
stand-up
summing-up
wake-up
washing-up
winding-up

Synonyms and antonyms of drying-up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drying-up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRYING-UP

Find out the translation of drying-up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drying-up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drying-up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

烘干机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desecación
570 millions of speakers

English

drying-up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुखाने अप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جفاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высыхание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paralização
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বভ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

essuyage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengeringan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Austrocknung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乾燥アップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

건조 업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pangatusan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khô -up
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உலர்தல் அப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोरडेपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kuruyor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

asciugatura - up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

suszenia -up
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

висихання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uscare - up
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξήρανση - up
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

droog -up
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

torkning - up
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tørking -up
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drying-up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRYING-UP»

The term «drying-up» is regularly used and occupies the 81.555 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRYING-UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drying-up

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRYING-UP»

Discover the use of drying-up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drying-up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Drying Up of the Euphrates; Or, the Downfall of Turkey ...
John AITON. behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth : it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it : and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it  ...
John AITON, 1853
2
Expository Dictionary of Bible Words: Word Studies for Key ...
Of particular significance are the allusions to the drying up of the Re(e)d Sea through the miraculous dividing of her waters (cf. Josh. 2:10; Zech. 10:11), and also to the similar miracle at the Jordan River when the Israelites entered the land (cf.
Stephen D. Renn, 2005
3
Pocket Guide to Flanges, Fittings, and Piping Data
B». RCC-SC (Red cnsj. era St silicon carbide) 5 LBS./CU. FT. Regular Scraping Up To 10 Ml I *BBBB \ □ BBBBl ) □J tBBBB S RBS-T S LBS./CU. FT. 5 LBS./CU, FT. Longer Drying Up To 25 Ml (Turning) » RCC-T Longer Wiping Up To 25 Ml ...
R. R. Lee, 1999
4
The Yellow River: Water and Life
However, in contrast to common sense, the "drying-up" years do not correspond to the years of relatively high consumption of surface water. The annual variability in the consumption corresponds to the runoff availability. When less runoff is ...
Tetsuya Kusuda, 2010
5
The Monthly paper of Sunday teaching
the East may be prepared." Who and what are these "kings of— i.e. from — the Eas^?" Translated literally, it is "the kings from the Rising of the Sun." Who are these kings f and how does the drying up of the river prepare their way ? There is  ...
6
The Presocratic Philosophers: A Critical History with a ...
It is helpful to have Theophrastus' attribution reported by Alexander (and confirmed by Aetius in, 16, i), although it must be noted that the only name mentioned by Aristotle in connexion with the drying up of the sea is that of Democritus (Meteor.
G. S. Kirk, 1983
7
Crystallization
Point bH, therefore, is a ternary drying-up point. If point c lies on the saturation surface, it represents a solution saturated with salt AX. When this solution is evaporated isothermally, AX is deposited and the solution composition changes along ...
J W Mullin, 2001
8
A Dissertation on the Prophecies Relative to Antichrist and ...
And the drying up of waters is a common prophetic figure to signify the violent subversion of one nation by the arms of another. Thus the reduction of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar was predicted; (Bzek. xxx,. 12.) And 1 will make the rivers dry, and ...
Ethan Smith, 1811
9
The Jewish Popes: The Two Harbingers of the End Times
Drying up the Waters”: Deliverance of the Jews The next symbolic phrase, which we need to understand correctly, is described as the “drying up (of) the waters.” We may recall, that when the Hebrews under Moses were fleeing from the ...
Leon G. Van Wert, 2009
10
Biblical Eschatology
The drying up ofthe Euphrates to preparefor the kings ofthe east (Rev 16:12) As with so much else in Revelation, the imagery of the sixth bowl is based on historical precedents which are then used typologically. The drying up of the Euphrates ...
Jonathan Menn, 2013

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