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bone-dry(a), bone dry(p)adjective
without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone
«bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard»; «a drier to get the clothes bone dry»
Antonyms:
wet
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- barren
- bone-dry
- desert
- dusty
- parched
- dry as a bone
- dry as dust
- moistureless
- thirsty
- waterless
- anxious
- dehydrated
- eager
- greedy
- hungry
- impatient
- inclined
- keen
- parched
- agog
- appetent
- ardent
- arid
- athirst
- avid
- bone-dry
- breathless
- burning
- cottonmouthed
- craving
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- droughty
- dry as dust
- dying for
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- juiceless
- longing
- lusting
- partial to
- sapless
- thirsting
- waterless
- wild for
- yearning
- arid
- bone-dry
- dehydrated
- dry
- evaporated
- moistureless
- parched
- waterless
- arid
- parched
- scorched
- sunbaked
- anhydrous
- dry as a bone
- moistureless
- seared
- waterless
- anhydrous
- arid
- athirst
- baked
- bald
- bare
- barren
- bone-dry
- dehydrated
- depleted
- desert
- desiccant
- desiccated
- drained
- dried-up
- droughty
- dusty
- evaporated
- exhausted
- hard
- impoverished
- juiceless
- not irrigated
- parched
- rainless
- sapless
- sapped
- sear
- sere
- shriveled
- stale
- thirsty
- torrid
- unmoistened
- waterless
On this page you’ll find 115 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bone dry, such as: barren, bone-dry, desert, dusty, parched, and dry as a bone.
- unconcerned
- unenthusiastic
- moist
- quenched
- satisfied
- wet
- damp
- moist
- wet
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How to use bone dry in a sentence
The lights of small restaurants glimmered faintly on the bone-dry pavement.
DECEMBER LOVEROBERT HICHENS
The Vallota never cares to be wet, and after it has flowered it needs very little water; yet it must not become bone-dry.
THE CHILDREN’S BOOK OF GARDENINGMRS. ALFRED SIDGWICK
It was a freak of nature—a point pushed through the level crust of bone-dry earth, and left to glitter there alone.
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The San Reve, more fortunately swift, was home in advance of the rain and came in bone-dry.
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What is another word for bone dry?
245 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bˈə͡ʊn dɹˈa͡ɪ], [ bˈəʊn dɹˈaɪ], [ b_ˈəʊ_n d_ɹ_ˈaɪ]
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adj.
• anhydrous (adjective)
- evaporated,
- dry.
• arid (adjective)
- dusty,
- barren,
- thirsty,
- dry as dust,
- desert.
• bone-dry (adjective)
- arid,
- Moistureless,
- parched,
- anhydrous,
- scorched,
- seared.
• moistureless (adjective)
- dried-up,
- bare,
- desiccated,
- baked,
- sear,
- not irrigated,
- torrid,
- stale,
- bald,
- Sapped,
- rainless,
- Unmoistened,
- hard,
- depleted,
- exhausted,
- sere,
- drained,
- impoverished,
- desiccant,
- shriveled.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- dry as a bone,
- bone-dry,
- waterless,
- sunbaked.
• thirsty (adjective)
- greedy,
- dehydrated,
- juiceless,
- craving,
- wild for,
- ardent,
- avid,
- longing,
- sapless,
- hankering,
- partial to,
- athirst,
- Thirsting,
- agog,
- impatient,
- inclined,
- appetent,
- yearning,
- breathless,
- keen,
- hungry,
- eager,
- itching for,
- cottonmouthed,
- dying for,
- burning,
- Droughty,
- crazy for,
- Lusting,
- anxious.
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Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words:
- neat,
- dust-covered,
- drier,
- punishing,
- lancinating,
- hardly,
- bore,
- played out,
- perfervid,
- corking,
- publicize,
- shrivelled,
- prepared,
- spent,
- au naturel,
- lancinate,
- tidal bore,
- dead,
- dyspneal,
- slap-up,
- breathtaking,
- pulseless,
- needy,
- destitute,
- discriminating,
- infirm,
- hungriness,
- parch,
- laborious,
- desiccate,
- great,
- esurient,
- air,
- peachy,
- nervous,
- barefaced,
- fagged,
- rickety,
- abandon,
- desolate,
- unvoiced,
- severely,
- denudate,
- adust,
- nude,
- dyspneic,
- penetrative,
- indigent,
- severe,
- forsake,
- teetotal,
- plain,
- nifty,
- simple,
- dry out,
- mere,
- impassioned,
- fervent,
- low,
- free,
- decrepit,
- lament,
- publicise,
- worn out,
- avaricious,
- dying,
- inanimate,
- burning at the stake,
- unquiet,
- wizened,
- fain,
- groovy,
- tough,
- unfinished,
- strong,
- bully,
- voiceless,
- weak,
- blacken,
- stabbing,
- dried,
- worn-out,
- denuded,
- queasy,
- dandy,
- gruelling,
- uneasy,
- ironical,
- dried-out,
- not bad,
- strip,
- naked,
- wry,
- stark,
- disposed,
- dog-tired,
- difficult,
- scanty,
- fatigued,
- spare,
- grueling,
- defect,
- innocent,
- intemperately,
- heavily,
- toilsome,
- zealous,
- acute,
- unembellished,
- shrunken,
- unsheathed,
- arduous,
- old,
- sharp,
- washed-out,
- drying agent,
- cutting,
- smashing,
- poverty-stricken,
- surd,
- fiery,
- devouring,
- ironic,
- moth-eaten,
- dyspnoeic,
- knackered,
- knockout,
- scorch,
- dyspnoeal,
- covetous,
- firmly,
- yen,
- heavy,
- bone dry,
- necessitous,
- exquisite,
- grabby,
- weakly,
- electrocution,
- waste,
- aegir,
- eagre,
- raring,
- concentrated,
- bald-headed,
- piercing,
- bang-up,
- char,
- burn,
- devoid,
- unornamented,
- intemperate,
- bleak,
- wasteland,
- cracking,
- warm,
- combustion,
- denude,
- marginal,
- singe,
- stripped,
- prehensile,
- backbreaking,
- wizen,
- cold,
- swell,
- bald-pated,
- broken,
- prohibitionist,
- knifelike,
- penetrating,
- wiped out,
- incisive,
- feeble,
- withered,
- gone,
- grasping,
- fervid.
How to use «Bone dry» in context?
Bone dry is a very dry condition. It is the result of having minimal water in the air or in the body. When the body does not have access to water, it starts to dehydrate, which can lead to many problems. Some of the problems that can result from bone dry conditions include: kidney failure, severe dehydration, brain damage, and death.
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- bone-dry
- совершенно высохший
имя прилагательное:твердый как камень (petrous, bone-dry)
совершенно высохший (bone-dry)
сухой (dry, dried, arid, dead, desiccated, bone-dry)
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bone dry — adj completely dry ▪ There had been no rain for months and the land was bone dry … Dictionary of contemporary English
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bone-dry — [bōn′drī′] adj. Informal 1. dry as a bone that has lain exposed to the air; very dry 2. absolutely abstaining from, or prohibiting the use of, alcoholic drinks … English World dictionary
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bone-dry — one dry adj. without a trace of moisture. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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bone-dry — adjective completely dry … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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bone-dry — bone′ dry′ adj. 1) very dry 2) very thirsty • Etymology: 1815–25 … From formal English to slang
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bone dry — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely dry … English terms dictionary
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bone-dry — adjective without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone bone dry leaves are a fire hazard a drier to get the clothes bone dry • Syn: ↑bone dry • Similar to: ↑dry * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective … Useful english dictionary
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bone dry — adjective without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone bone dry leaves are a fire hazard a drier to get the clothes bone dry • Syn: ↑bone dry • Similar to: ↑dry * * * ˌbone ˈdry [bone dry … Useful english dictionary
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bone dry — also bone dry ADJ (emphasis) If you say that something is bone dry, you are emphasizing that it is very dry indeed. The lake in the centre of the city is bone dry and cows wander around in it … English dictionary
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bone dry — very dry, as dry as an old bone Someone had drained the pool. It was bone dry … English idioms
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bone dry — adjective completely dry: There had been no rain for months and the land was bone dry … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
1. bone-dry
adjective. without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone.
Synonyms
- dry
Antonyms
- dryness
- humidify
Rhymes with Bone Dry
- adl-tabatabai
- dwi
- oversupply
- standby
- semidry
- resupply
- private-eye
- misapply
- isty
- drip-dry
- cspi
- whereby
- underly
- underlie
- overfly
- mistry
- mcfly
- lxi
- drive-by
- comply
- versailles
- thereby
- switaj
- supply
- sundai
- sri
- shanghai
- sci
- retry
- reply
Sentences with bone-dry
1. Noun Phrase
Do not wait until the soil is bone dry.
2. bone
noun. [‘ˈboʊn’] rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates.
Synonyms
- bare bone
- manubrium
- tarsal
- astragal
- horn
- coronoid process
- ischial bone
- costa
- palatine
- osseous tissue
- sinciput
- round bone
- fetter bone
- dentine
- ilium
- pubis
- marrow
- long bone
- braincase
- turbinate
- wrist bone
- os ischii
- sphenoid
- skull
- arcus zygomaticus
- os pubis
- membrane bone
- collarbone
- os breve
- sesamoid bone
- tarsal bone
- ground substance
- carpal
- occiput
- shoulder blade
- talus
- scapula
- matrix
- modiolus
- bonelet
- os sphenoidale
- intercellular substance
- anklebone
- tail bone
- clavicle
- sutural bone
- temporal bone
- gladiolus
- tympanic bone
- calcaneus
- skullcap
- phalanx
- zygomatic bone
- os temporale
- vomer
- astragalus
- socket
- turbinal
- cheekbone
- ethmoid
- os sesamoideum
- os nasale
- cuboid bone
- zygoma
- ossicle
- endoskeleton
- bone marrow
- zygomatic
- sphenoid bone
- pastern
- processus coronoideus
- metacarpal bone
- short bone
- condyle
- centrum
- palatine bone
- jugal bone
- turbinate bone
- hipbone
- os tarsi fibulare
- ramus
- nasal bone
- os longum
- vertebra
- ossiculum
- lacrimal bone
- os palatinum
- ethmoid bone
- carpal bone
- metatarsal
- shoulder bone
- corpus sternum
- innominate bone
- ischium
- lamella
- cannon bone
- hyoid bone
- sesamoid
- breastbone
- os
- pubic bone
- marrowbone
- jaw
- cranium
- metacarpal
- fishbone
- sacrum
- furcula
- cartilage bone
- dentin
- hyoid
- sternum
- xiphoid process
- os hyoideum
- collagen
- zygomatic arch
- rib
- nasal
- tooth
- bone cell
- calvaria
- brainpan
- malar
- malar bone
- os zygomaticum
- connective tissue
- coccyx
- Wormian bone
- heelbone
Antonyms
- lower
- underdress
- dress down
- undress
Etymology
- bon (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ban (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. bone
noun. [‘ˈboʊn’] the porous calcified substance from which bones are made.
Synonyms
- animal material
- os
Antonyms
- lie down
- go to bed
- turn in
Etymology
- bon (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ban (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. bone
adjective. [‘ˈboʊn’] consisting of or made up of bone.
Synonyms
- bony
Antonyms
- Lady
- noblewoman
Etymology
- bon (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ban (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. bone
verb. [‘ˈboʊn’] study intensively, as before an exam.
Synonyms
- drum
- swot up
- swot
- study
- bone up
- hit the books
- grind away
- mug up
- get up
Antonyms
- full
- integrated
- undiluted
- cold
Etymology
- bon (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ban (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. bone
verb. [‘ˈboʊn’] remove the bones from.
Synonyms
- remove
- withdraw
- take
- take away
Antonyms
- chromatic color
- spread
- colorful
- blacken
Etymology
- bon (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ban (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. dry
adjective. [‘ˈdraɪ’] free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet.
Synonyms
- semiarid
- thirsty
- bone dry
- bone-dry
- wetness
- shrivelled
- adust
- dried-out
- dried-up
- dry-shod
- rainless
- desiccated
- semi-dry
- waterless
- dried
- scorched
- sere
- withered
- baked
- air-dry
- sear
- air-dried
- arid
- parched
- kiln-dried
- shriveled
Antonyms
- wet
- dissimilate
- increase
- demilitarize
Etymology
- drye (Middle English (1100-1500))
- drygan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- dryge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. dry
verb. [‘ˈdraɪ’] remove the moisture from and make dry.
Synonyms
- dry up
- drip-dry
- alter
- parch
- rough-dry
- desiccate
- dry out
- air
- tumble dry
- change
- dehumidify
- blow-dry
- spin-dry
- exsiccate
- spray-dry
- sear
- modify
Antonyms
- wet
- decontaminate
- clean
- unstring
Etymology
- drye (Middle English (1100-1500))
- drygan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- dryge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. dry
verb. [‘ˈdraɪ’] become dry or drier.
Synonyms
- run dry
- scorch
- change
Antonyms
- stabilize
- better
- assimilate
- stiffen
Etymology
- drye (Middle English (1100-1500))
- drygan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- dryge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. dry
adjective. [‘ˈdraɪ’] humorously sarcastic or mocking.
Synonyms
- ironical
- humourous
- ironic
- wry
Antonyms
- increased
- blond
- lively
- fresh
Etymology
- drye (Middle English (1100-1500))
- drygan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- dryge (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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