dry
- (abbreviation) . (computing) Don't repeat yourself (gloss, a software development principle aimed at reducing repetition) .
- Adjective. Free from liquid or moisture.
- Adjective. (chemistry) Free of water in any state; anhydrous.
- Adjective. (context, of an alcoholic beverage) Lacking sugar or low in sugar; not sweet.
- Adjective. Maintaining temperance; void or abstinent from alcoholic beverages.
- Adjective. (context, of a person or joke) Subtly humorous, yet without mirth.
- Adjective. (context, of a scientist or his laboratory) Not working with chemical or biological matter, but, rather, doing computations.
- Verb. (intransitive) To lose moisture.
- Verb. (transitive) To remove moisture from.
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