Not converted into cuit or sweet wine.

Of wines, etc.: Free from sweetness and fruity flavour.

Of champagne and other wines: = dry, adj. 8. Also figurative. Cf. extra sec at extra, adv. a.

Of wines: unsweetened.

Of an alcoholic drink (esp. wine) or its flavour: lacking any sweetness, very dry (dry, adj. 8).

Of wine, or its flavour: almost dry, with just a trace of sweetness.