Synonyms for dry up
dry up

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1. exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccateverb

   lose water or moisture

   "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"

   Synonyms:
   mummify, desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate

2. mummify, dry upverb

   dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

   "a mummified body was found"

   Synonyms:
   mummify, desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate

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1. • Dry
   • Shrivel

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1. Keira Knightley:

   I know for a fact the work is going to dry up, and people will get bored of me. That's not bitterness, just the truth.

2. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov:

   Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, and the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.

3. Jerald Meadows:

   So, it may be a faster dry-up than normal... a more brief period of flows than we normally see.

4. Amanda Litman:

   We're seeing fundraising dry up, that's true at every level, from the city council and school board, all the way up to presidential. That's going to be even more so as the economy continues to collapse.

5. Ron Bonjean:

   For those that are left off the stage, this can force the campaigns to come to an end because the fundraising and grassroots support dry up. The bottom line is if you are n’t part of the debate, then you are n’t playing on the field.