dry land
Also found in: Thesaurus, Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to dry land: Dryland farming
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
Noun | 1. | dry land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water beachfront - a strip of land running along a beach coastal plain - a plain adjacent to a coast earth, globe, world - the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world" floor - the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor" foreland - land forming the forward margin of something island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water isthmus - a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas mainland - the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula neck - a narrow elongated projecting strip of land oxbow - the land inside an oxbow bend in a river peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of water champaign, plain, field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" slash - an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) wonderland - a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
اليابِسَه
souše
landlandjord
fast land
súš
dry land
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dry
(drai) adjective1. having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc. The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children.
2. uninteresting and not lively. a very dry book.
3. (of humour or manner) quiet, restrained. a dry wit.
4. (of wine) not sweet.
verb – past tense, past participle dried – to (cause to) become dry. I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun.
dried adjective (of food) having had moisture removed for the purpose of preservation. dried flowers; dried fruit.
ˈdrier, ˈdryer noun a machine etc that dries. a spin-drier; a hair-dryer.
ˈdrily, ˈdryly adverb in a quiet, restrained (and humorous) manner. He commented drily on the untidiness of the room.
ˈdryness nounˌdry-ˈclean verb
to clean (clothes etc) with chemicals, not with water.
dry land the land as opposed to the sea etc.
dry off to make or become completely dry. She climbed out of the swimming-pool and dried off in the sun.
dry up1. to lose water; to cease running etc completely. All the rivers dried up in the heat.
2. to become used up. Supplies of bandages have dried up.
3. to make dry. The sun dried up the puddles in the road.
4. (of a speaker) to forget what he is going to say. He dried up in the middle of his speech.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.