dry
part of speech
adjective (dry, drier/dryer, driest); verb (dry, dries, dried, drying)
meaning for a pupil
1) Not wet; with no water: "dry clothes". tree →
2) With little or no rain: "a dry summer". tree →
3) Thirsty: "My mouth is dry." tree →
4) Boring: "a dry book". tree →
5) Funny in a quiet, serious way: "dry humour". tree →
6) As a verb, to make or become dry. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, "dry land" is the land that appears out of the waters at creation and after the flood. Interpretation: A dry meal-offering is one without oil, and the dry land stands for the order that God gave to the world. In the primary lessons: In science, things dry when water evaporates into the air; heat and wind make things dry faster; deserts are dry places. In everyday life: dry your hands after washing; dry grass catches fire easily. Phrases: dry up, dry off, blow-dry, dry land, high and dry.
examples
- And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry. (Torah GEN.8.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died. (Torah GEN.7.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another. (Torah LEV.7.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble? (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither. (Writings JOB.18.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Turn our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the dry land. (Writings PSA.126.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Dry your hands on the towel. tree →
- The desert is hot and dry. tree →
- The washing dried in the sun. tree →
- My throat is dry; I need water. tree →
- The river dried up in summer. tree →
- Dry grass burns easily. tree →
- Keep your feet dry in winter. tree →
- We were happy to reach dry land. tree →
- My throat is dry and burning. tree →
note
He/she form: "dries"; past "dried" (y → ie). "Dryer" is also a machine for drying. Opposite: wet. A dry place for a fire can still be dangerous.
In the corpora
- all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died.
- And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
- then ye shall let your children know, saying: Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
- And God did so that night; for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
- And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dry» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.