drying
drying is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry. Drying oil, an oil which, either naturally or after boiling with oxide of lead, absorbs oxygen from the air and dries up rapidly. Drying oils are used as the bases of many paints and varnishes.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adust
- anhydrous
- arefaction
- arid
- aridity
- biscuit
- blow
- bone
- chemical
- clothes
- clothesline
- dehydrate
- dephlegmation
- desiccate
- desiccation
- desiccative
- device
- drain
- drainage
- dried
- drier
- drought
- dry
- dryness
- dust
- ebb
- electric
- exsiccate
- exsiccation
- fine
- gas
- hair
- hang
- hold
- husky
- juiceless
- kiln
- low
- mummify
- mummy
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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