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dried-up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective dried-up has 2 senses
- dried-up(s = adj.all) sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered - (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"
- dried-up(s = adj.all) Array - depleted of water; "a dried-up water hole"
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