Synonyms for dried-up
dried-up

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1. dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, witheredadjective

   (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

   "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"

   Synonyms:
   wizen, shrunken, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, wizened, withered

   Antonyms:
   wet

2. dried-upadjective

   depleted of water

   "a dried-up water hole"

   Synonyms:
   withered, shriveled, sear, sere, shrivelled

   Antonyms:
   wet

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1. John Wayne:

   From "The Undefeated". When facing down a group of bandito's, Wayne, the ex Union Colonel, opens fire and kills the leader. After retreating to the circled wagons, one of the women says "why did you have to kill the man?" Wayne responds "Well, the conversation just kinda dried up ma'am.

2. Kim Forrest:

   It dried up a little bit but every company out there that is large enough to do an acquisition is always doing acquisitions, they may not be completing them but they are talking to people.

3. Gu Yongtao:

   Today's correction, following previous days' strong rebound, is natural, it's different from the panic selling we saw previously, when liquidity dried up and investors couldn't sell their shares.

4. Munji Malambo:

   Before this (borehole) we used to walk long distances every morning to get water before coming back to go to school, most of the shallow wells in the area had dried up and the closest one was two kilometers away. Sometimes the water would get very dirty and not safe to drink.

5. Meryl Streep Streep:

   To be honest, I think you'll find that the woman who is saying that (the roles have dried up) is the woman who at 40, 45, 48, still wants to play the ingénue and can't understand why she's not being cast as the 21-year-old.