noun Download 🔗Share The process by which something is dried. Examples : "This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry." process essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share (with "the") The dry season. Examples : "The dry season lasted for three months, making the crops wither. " weather time environment essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share (UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. Examples : "The dry, a staunch supporter of Thatcher's economic policies, argued for cuts in social spending at the school board meeting. " politics government history essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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