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dries

SayDRYZ/dɹaɪz/

2 meanings of dries

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  1. 1
    verb
    Third-person singular present tense of dry. Use it for he, she, or it doing this now.

    He dries his hair with a towel after every shower.

    The paint dries fast when the room is warm.

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  2. 2
    noun
    Plural of dry. Use it when you mean more than one.

    The dries in the party wanted to cut spending sharply.

    Several dries voted against the new tax plan.

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dries is a form of dry

dry, verb: To make something dry, or to become dry, as in 'dry your hands' or 'the paint dried'. Full entry

Forms
drydries he/she/itdrying -ing formdried past tense, past participle
Spelling
dry → dries: change y to i, add -es
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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