DRIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dried mean? 

• DRIED (adjective)
  The adjective DRIED has 2 senses:

1. not still wet

2. preserved by removing natural moisture

  Familiarity information: DRIED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not still wet

Context example:

a face marked with dried tears

Similar:

dry (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Preserved by removing natural moisture

Synonyms:

dehydrated; desiccated; dried

Context example:

shredded and desiccated coconut meat

Similar:

preserved (prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use)

 Context examples 

In comparison of Norland, it was poor and small indeed!—but the tears which recollection called forth as they entered the house were soon dried away.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Then, they placed freeze-dried "exoelectrogens" on the paper.

(New Type of Battery Created from Paper, Fueled by Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Test samples are freeze-dried to a powder that can be read in the field.

(Test for life-threatening nutrient deficit is made from bacteria entrails, National Science Foundation)

Some of the sequence is understood: Mud that formed lake-bed mudstones Curiosity examined near its 2012 landing site and after reaching Mount Sharp must have dried and hardened before the fractures formed.

(Curiosity Eyes Prominent Mineral Veins on Mars, NASA)

The grasslands the animals depend on for food dried up and watering holes disappeared, leaving many animals starving or weak from hunger.

(Born during a drought: Bad news for baboons, NSF)

The possibilities of freeze-dried fruit powder have been previously known but not technically quantified.

(Freeze-Dried Strawberries and Ice Cream Make for a Very Stable Relationship, Agricultural Research Service)

Curiosity Mars rover will continue to climb to progressively higher and younger strata on Mount Sharp, investigating how long the ancient, water-rich environments found so far persisted as Mars dried out.

(NASA Weighs Use of Rover to Image Potential Mars Water Sites, NASA)

"If life existed before the water dried up, it would probably have left remains that are preserved to this day in martian rock," said Sephton.

(Red Planet May Have Harbored Life in Past, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The first spray is made of molecularly grafted polymers, specifically polydimethylsiloxane silicone, as resembling human hairs — though vastly thinner — once it has dried on the target surface, which makes the surface very smooth.

(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)

The lake dried out 10,000 years ago.

(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)