dry-upn.

/ˈdrʌɪʌp/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to dry up at dry v. 5.

Etymology: < to dry up at dry v. 5.

The action of drying up (see dry v. 5).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > becoming dry

resiccation1615

arescation1628

updrying1658

dry-up1873

dryth1881

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > act of drying table utensils

dry-up1939

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > fact of running out

defaultinga1382

running outa1398

dryness1625

failancea1627

fail1654

failure1695

dry-up1940

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West 711 The plowman returns to his work without waiting for a ‘dry-up’.

1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 334/2 Dry-up (theatrical), a failure.

1939 A. Thirkell Before Lunch v. 136 The two elder ladies rapidly finished the wash-up and the dry-up.

1940 N. Coward Australia Visited iv. 22 It is well over a year now since I have written anything... This..dry-up of talent is extremely painful.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	dry-up
释义	dry-upn. /ˈdrʌɪʌp/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to dry up at dry v. 5. Etymology: < to dry up at dry v. 5. The action of drying up (see dry v. 5). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > becoming dry resiccation1615 arescation1628 updrying1658 dry-up1873 dryth1881 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > act of drying table utensils dry-up1939 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > fact of running out defaultinga1382 running outa1398 dryness1625 failancea1627 fail1654 failure1695 dry-up1940 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West 711 The plowman returns to his work without waiting for a ‘dry-up’. 1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 334/2 Dry-up (theatrical), a failure. 1939 A. Thirkell Before Lunch v. 136 The two elder ladies rapidly finished the wash-up and the dry-up. 1940 N. Coward Australia Visited iv. 22 It is well over a year now since I have written anything... This..dry-up of talent is extremely painful. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1873
随便看	to pull up the drawbridge to pull up the plug to pull up to to pull wigs to pull, row stroke to pull, shake oneself together to pump and dump to pump iron to pump out to pump ship to pump up the volume to pumpship to punch a clock to punch a person's lights out to punch a person's ticket to punch above one's weight to punch in to punch one's full weight to punch one's weight to punch out to punch the clock to punch the gas to punch the throttle to punch the ticket to punch up