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fordry.

To dry up; become dry.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To dry up; become dry.

    intransitive
  2. To dry up; make dry.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fordrien, fordruien, fordruȝen, from Old English fordrūgian (“to become dry, wither”), equivalent to for- + dry.

adj
  1. Very dry; withered.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fordruye, equivalent to for- (“very, excessively”) + dry.

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