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Dried has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of dry

"The wet clothes were hung outside to dried in the sun."

In plain English: Dried means to remove moisture from something until it is no longer wet.

"She dried her hands on a clean towel after washing them."

Adjective
1

not still wet

"the ink has dried"

"a face marked with dried tears"

2

preserved by removing natural moisture

"dried beef"

"dried fruit"

"dehydrated eggs"

"shredded and desiccated coconut meat"

3

Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.

"The dried fish hung on a line in the sun to remove all its moisture."

In plain English: Dried means something that has lost its water and is now hard, light, or crisp.

"I added some dried herbs to my soup for extra flavor."

Usage: Use "dried" to describe items like clothes or food that have lost their natural moisture through evaporation or heat. It specifically refers to a state achieved after being wet, distinguishing it from things that were never naturally damp in the first place.

Example Sentences
"I added some dried herbs to my soup for extra flavor." adj
"The dried fruit was sweet and chewy." adj
"She hung her wet clothes outside until they were completely dried." adj
"The riverbed looked dry after the long drought had dried up all the water." adj
"She dried her hands on a clean towel after washing them." verb
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Rhyming Words
ied lied pied fied tied died flied plied tried cried fried pried shied vbied spied skied lilied relied espied allied
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