Any season in which little rain falls; used especially in the tropics where it alternates with the rainy season

Not having shed tears. / (by extension) Not made sad (by something); emotionally unaffected.

plural of drying machine

A unit of volume used in measuring dry commodities (e.g. grain or fruit).

A toilet, containing no water, in which earth or ashes were added to the excrement after each use, the contents being regularly collected.

plural of dry measure

Left out of water, stranded on a beach, or in the stocks for repair, or in dry dock. / (idiomatic) Abandoned, stranded, helpless.

present participle of dry out

present participle of dry up

To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed. / (colloquial, transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.