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I [draɪ]1) (not wet or moist) [clothing, ground, paint] asciutto; [skin, hair, throat, cough] secco; [rustle, riverbed] arido, seccoto run dry — [river, funds, supplies] prosciugarsi
to be o feel dry (thirsty) [ person] essere assetato; to get dry seccarsi, asciugarsi; to get sth. dry fare asciugare qcs.; to wipe sth. dry asciugare qcs.; on dry land — sulla terraferma
2) (not rainy) [climate, heat] secco; [weather, season] asciutto; [ day] senza pioggia3) (not sweet) [wine, sherry etc.] secco5) (dull) [book, subject matter] arido, noioso6) (forbidding alcohol) [state, country] proibizionista••II 1. [draɪ](as) dry as a bone — completamente asciutto, secco
verbo transitivo fare asciugare [clothes, washing]; seccare, fare seccare [meat, flowers]2.verbo intransitivo [clothes, hair, paint] asciugarsi; [ blood] seccarsi3.- dry off- dry out- dry up* * *1. adjective1) (having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc: The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children.) secco2) (uninteresting and not lively: a very dry book.) arido3) ((of humour or manner) quiet, restrained: a dry wit.) (che scherza restando serio)4) ((of wine) not sweet.) secco2. verb(to (cause to) become dry: I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun.) asciugare- dried- drier
- dryer
- drily
- dryly
- dryness
- dry-clean
- dry land
- dry off
- dry up* * *I [draɪ]1) (not wet or moist) [clothing, ground, paint] asciutto; [skin, hair, throat, cough] secco; [rustle, riverbed] arido, seccoto run dry — [river, funds, supplies] prosciugarsi
to be o feel dry (thirsty) [ person] essere assetato; to get dry seccarsi, asciugarsi; to get sth. dry fare asciugare qcs.; to wipe sth. dry asciugare qcs.; on dry land — sulla terraferma
2) (not rainy) [climate, heat] secco; [weather, season] asciutto; [ day] senza pioggia3) (not sweet) [wine, sherry etc.] secco5) (dull) [book, subject matter] arido, noioso6) (forbidding alcohol) [state, country] proibizionista••II 1. [draɪ](as) dry as a bone — completamente asciutto, secco
verbo transitivo fare asciugare [clothes, washing]; seccare, fare seccare [meat, flowers]2.verbo intransitivo [clothes, hair, paint] asciugarsi; [ blood] seccarsi3.- dry off- dry out- dry up
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