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Verb: dry out
  1. Become dry or drier
    "The laundry dries out in the sun";
    - dry
     
  2. Become empty of water
    "The river dries out in the summer";
    - run dry
     
  3. Remove the moisture from and make dry
    "dry out clothes";
    - dry

Derived forms: drying out, dries out, dried out

Type of: alter, change, modify

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