DRIED
What does "DRIED" mean?
Past tense and past participle of 'dry'.
Meanings
- Past tense of 'dry': made or became free of moisture. She dried her hair before going outside.
- Having had the moisture removed, especially for preservation. He added a handful of dried apricots to the stew.
Word origin
Past tense of 'dry', from Old English 'drygan' (to dry), with the final 'y' shifting to 'i' before the '-ed' ending.
Remember it
DRIED is just DRY with the 'y' turned to 'ied' - the spelling rule that swaps y for i before -ed.
A little poem
Apricots, sun-shrunk-
the summer pressed into gold,
kept past its own death.
haiku
Wordplay
- I tried to make a joke about dried fruit, but it was a little too raisin-d.
What it teaches
Drying is just slow keeping: take the water out and the summer stays all winter.
Quick facts
What does DRIED mean?
Past tense and past participle of 'dry'.
Is DRIED a valid word?
Yes — DRIED is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DRIED?
DRIED has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DRIED come from?
Past tense of 'dry', from Old English 'drygan' (to dry), with the final 'y' shifting to 'i' before the '-ed' ending.
What can DRIED teach us?
Drying is just slow keeping: take the water out and the summer stays all winter.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.