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RUN DRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does run dry mean? 

RUN DRY (verb)
  The verb RUN DRY has 1 sense:

1. become empty of waterplay

  Familiarity information: RUN DRY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUN DRY (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Become empty of water

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Synonyms:

dry out; run dry

Context example:

The river runs dry in the summer

Hypernyms (to "run dry" is one way to...):

dry; dry out (become dry or drier)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s


 Context examples 


A cog must have slipped or an oil-cup run dry, for the postman brought him one morning a short, thin envelope.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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