dried-up

adjective

1. (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

• Similar to: ↑dry

• Derivationally related forms: ↑sereness (for: ↑sere)

• Topics: ↑vegetation, ↑flora, ↑botany

2. depleted of water

- a dried-up water hole

• Similar to: ↑dry

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Etymology: from past participle of dry up

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/druyd"up"/, adj.

1. depleted of water or moisture; gone dry: a dried-up water hole.

2. shriveled with age; wizened: a dried-up old mule skinner.

[1810-20]

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dried-up «DRYD UHP», adjective.

withered; shriveled; wizened: »dried-up bracken stalks, Figurative. a dried-up aristocrat.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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