Definition for Dry up:

• dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; " a mummified body was found"

Synonyms for Dry up:

• n.

  •
  • close,
  • come to an end,
  • give out,
  • pass,
  • draw to a close/an end.
  •
  • bite your tongue/lip,
  • keep your mouth shut,
  • falter,
  • hold your tongue.
  •
  • shut it,
  • suck it up,
  • button it,
  • that will do,
  • can it,
  • mind your own business.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • Exsiccate,
  • dry up.
  •decrease (verb)
  • settle,
  • dwindle,
  • slacken,
  • degenerate,
  • slump,
  • ebb,
  • slash,
  • check,
  • lose edge,
  • cut down,
  • modify,
  • abate,
  • contract,
  • fade,
  • quell,
  • diminish,
  • fall off,
  • wear down,
  • subside,
  • lower,
  • soften,
  • narrow down,
  • depreciate,
  • deteriorate,
  • crumble,
  • decline,
  • peter out,
  • slow down,
  • shrink,
  • ease,
  • weaken,
  • wear away,
  • tail off,
  • curb,
  • run low,
  • drop off,
  • lessen,
  • droop,
  • lighten,
  • let up,
  • decay,
  • die down,
  • slack off,
  • devaluate,
  • reduce,
  • waste,
  • wane,
  • curtail,
  • quiet,
  • sink,
  • calm down,
  • restrain.
  •dehydrate (verb)
  • drain.
  •deplete (verb)
  • undermine,
  • empty,
  • spend,
  • evacuate,
  • bleed,
  • finish,
  • bankrupt,
  • draw,
  • impoverish,
  • squander,
  • sap,
  • milk.
  •desiccate (verb)
  • divest,
  • devitalize.
  •parch (verb)
  • stale,
  • brown,
  • blister,
  • scorch.
  •peter (verb)
  • taper,
  • rebate,
  • tail away.
  •run out (verb)
  • exhaust,
  • cease,
  • dissipate,
  • be cleaned out,
  • waste away,
  • go,
  • come to a close,
  • have none left,
  • depart,
  • lose,
  • be out of,
  • tire,
  • wear out,
  • end,
  • have no more.
  •sear (verb)
  • seal,
  • cauterize,
  • tan,
  • cook,
  • brand,
  • toast,
  • blight,
  • harden,
  • sizzle.
  •shut up (verb)
  • soft-pedal,
  • gag.
  •stifle (verb)
  • strangle,
  • smother,
  • suffocate,
  • spike,
  • black out,
  • kill,
  • asphyxiate,
  • stagnate,
  • stultify.
  •wilt (verb)
  • languish,
  • melt,
  • faint,
  • succumb,
  • flag,
  • collapse.
  •wither (verb)
  • disintegrate,
  • deflate,
  • perish,
  • die,
  • constrict,
  • blast,
  • fold,
  • atrophy.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • SH,
  • SHH,
  • shrivel,
  • turn over to,
  • terminate,
  • expire.
  •
  • shush,
  • hush up,
  • MYOB,
  • lapse,
  • evaporate,
  • keep from,
  • derogate,
  • leave out,
  • stonewall.
  •
  • fall apart,
  • conclude,
  • hush.
  •
  • keep down,
  • close up.
  •
  • break up.
  •
  • turn over.
  •
  • put up.
  •
  • dry.
  •
  • drop.
  •decrease
  • tailing off,
  • slowed down,
  • Downs,
  • downing,
  • dying down,
  • wearing away,
  • ran low,
  • died down,
  • wears away,
  • petering out,
  • downed,
  • dies down,
  • drying up,
  • Waned,
  • dried up,
  • peter,
  • slacking off,
  • slackens.
  •peter
  • rebating,
  • rebated.
  •quieten
  • quietened,
  • quieten.
  •run out
  • running out,
  • wasting away,
  • come close,
  • wasted away.
  •silence
  • closed up,
  • decrease the volume,
  • strike dumb,
  • overawe,
  • choke off,
  • clammed up,
  • closes up,
  • choked off,
  • Clamming,
  • struck dumb,
  • Clammed,
  • kept down,
  • hush one's mouth,
  • saying nothing,
  • say nothing,
  • overawed,
  • clam up,
  • sit on,
  • clamming up,
  • keep it down,
  • sitting on,
  • closing up,
  • dulls,
  • dumbed,
  • decrease volume,
  • choking off,
  • hold one's tongue,
  • quiet down,
  • dumbs,
  • Dulling,
  • dumbing,
  • cool it,
  • overawes,
  • Overawing,
  • quieted down.

Antonyms for Dry up:

• v.

  • change
    hydrate.
  • decrease
    ascend, develop, enlarge, liberate, lengthen, build, go up, add, expand, extend, raise, prolong, grow, improve, rise, upset, laud, praise, compliment, increase, irritate, strengthen.
  • dehydrate
    wet, moisten, dampen, soak.
  • deplete
    give, hoard, create, save, fill, augment.
  • desiccate
    moisturize.
  • muzzle
    help, assist, permit, encourage, allow, release, aid, free, let go.
  • parch
    freeze.
  • peter
    stretch, pour.
  • quieten
    disturb, agitate.
  • run out
    begin, have, maintain, refresh, keep, commence, stay, invigorate, start, bear, succeed, supply, get.
  • sear
    bloom.
  • shut up
    talk, speak.
  • silence
    be noisy, communicate.
  • stifle
    persuade, loose.
  • wither
    loosen, flourish.
  • Other antonyms:
    spout, speak out, sound off, talk up, speak up, pipe up.

Homophones for Dry up:

• droopy, daraf, drippy, drop away, draw up, date rape, DARPA, draba, drive off, drab, dewdrop, drop off, drupe, drive up, drape, driveway, derive, drive away, derv, Drib, deathtrap, drop, drub, draw off, droop, dwarf, drip, drop-off, drive, drop by, derby, dead drop, drove, diatribe.

Hyponym for Dry up:

• v.

  • change
    shrivel, shrivel up, dry out, wither, shrink, dry.