dry

dry

1. informal No longer partaking of alcoholic beverages; sober. Said especially of recovering alcoholics. I had a real drinking problem in college, but I've been dry for nearly four years now. The holidays are the hardest part of the year to stay dry.
2. informal Opposed to selling and/or consuming alcohol, as of a place or town. Ocean City is a dry town, so you have to bring booze with you when you come down. My parents really want me to pick that school because it's a dry campus.

DRY

An acronym for "don't repeat yourself," a principle used in computer programming with the intent of reducing repetitive or redundant code in software development. You need to make sure your software architecture is clear and well planned, which will result in nice, DRY code that is more efficiently written and more easily reused in other projects.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dry

1. mod. sober; no longer alcohol intoxicated. How long will Ernie stay dry, do you think?
2. n. a prohibitionist; an abstainer from alcohol. The drys are in an increasing majority.
3. mod. having to do with a region where alcoholic beverages cannot be purchased. (Compare this with wet.) Some small towns are dry, but not many.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) dry as a bone
  • (as) dry as dust
  • (as) exciting as watching paint dry
  • a dry run
  • be as dry as a bone
  • be bone dry
  • be home and dry
  • be hung out to dry
  • be like watching paint dry
  • bleed (someone or something) dry
  • bleed (someone) white
  • bleed somebody dry/white
  • bleed someone dry
  • bleed someone white
  • bleed white
  • bone dry
  • come up dry
  • DRY
  • dry (one's) eyes
  • dry as a bone
  • dry as dust
  • dry beg
  • dry behind the ears
  • dry off
  • dry out
  • dry party
  • dry powder
  • dry rot
  • dry run
  • dry spell
  • dry up
  • Dry up!
  • dry-as-dust
  • dry-gulch
  • dry-gulch (one)
  • exciting as watching paint dry
  • hang (one) out to dry
  • hang out to dry
  • hang somebody out to dry
  • hang someone out to dry
  • hardly dry behind the ears
  • high and dry
  • home and dry
  • hung out to dry, to be
  • keep (one's) powder dry
  • keep one's powder dry
  • keep powder dry
  • keep your powder dry
  • leave (one) high and dry
  • leave high and dry
  • leave someone high and dry
  • like watching paint dry
  • milk (someone or something) dry
  • milk it/something dry, to
  • milk/suck somebody/something dry
  • not a dry eye in the house
  • not dry behind the ears
  • put your faith in God, and keep your powder dry
  • put your faith in God, but keep your powder dry
  • Put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry
  • put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry
  • run dry
  • squeeze (one) dry
  • squeeze somebody dry
  • suck (one) dry
  • suck (someone or something) dry
  • suck someone dry
  • the ink isn't dry (on something)
  • the well has run dry
  • there wasn't a dry eye in the house
  • trust in God and keep your powder dry
  • trust in God, but keep your powder dry
  • watching paint dry
  • we never miss the water till the well runs dry
  • we never miss the water until the well runs dry
  • well's run dry, the
  • wet behind the ears
  • wet behind the ears, (still)
  • you never miss the water till the well runs dry
  • you never miss the water until the well runs dry
References in periodicals archive
Demand for dry fruits increases as a biting chill creeps into the air, From a wide variety of dry fruits available in the capital are known as the 'charm of winter season.'
Capital shops brimming with baskets of colourful Dry fruits : Report
Dry skin is also more common during the hot weather when humidity levels are relatively low.
I have dry skin
According to a report aired by a private news channel, dry fruits are the most beautiful gift of the winter.
People enjoying winters with healthiest dry fruits: Report
According to a report aired by a private news channel , dry fruits are the most beautiful gift of the winter.
People enjoying winters with healthiest dry fruits: Report
When infrared radiation is used to heat or dry moist materials, the radiation impinges the exposed material and penetrates it and then the energy of radiation converts into heat [7].
INFLUENCE OF DRYING METHODS ON SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND PHYSICAL QUALITY OF TOMATO SLICES (Lycopersicon esculentum)
The drying results are not always satisfactory with the material often left incompletely dry. Also, centrifuge drying deteriorates surfaces and sometimes compromises corrosion protection.
Dry January: a new drying system from Harter is bringing impressive results
The MC of each section was determined applying the oven dry method.
Analysis of the deformation of wood during the drying process: an experimental approach
The Silver awards went to: Ayioklima Xynisteri White Dry (2014 C.G.
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Also, the direct drying with 1200W electrical heater can dry the grapes in less time which had a significant difference with the open air.
Evaluating a hybrid passive solar-electrical dryer for drying grapes
In order to dry liquids and wet-mix products and convert them into powders with a long shelf life, producers generally have to resort to using capital and energy intensive spray drying towers.
Dinnissen's new pegasus [R] drying unit
The Radiant Zone dryer (RZD) is a novel drying method designed to dry liquid food products into powders.
Effect of the novel radiant zone drying method on anthocyanins and phenolics of three blueberry liquids
where E: evaporative capacity (kg/h), mda: mass flow rate of dry air (kg/s), [X.sub.2m]: dryer outlet absolute humidity, and [X.sub.a]: ambient absolute humidity.
Drying of Malaysian Capsicum annuum L
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Where [M.sub.R] = moisture ratio, [M.sub.e] = equilibrium moisture content (dry basis), [M.sub.i] = initial moisture content (dry basis), M = moisture content at time t, K = constant.
Effect of blanching methods on drying kinetics of bell pepper
ABERYSTWYTH Today: Mostly dry and sunny, with a few freezing fog patches.
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