dry

Naija

Etymology

From English: dry

Pronunciation

• dráɪ̀

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Adjective

1. Make water no dey someting.

   • You no reason sey dry fish dey make sense pass for egusi soup pass ice fish?  — (NSC_2021, Don't you think that dry fish is better for Egusi soup than frozen fish.)
   • Dry leaf for ground dey make noise as them dey match them.  — (katakata__653, Dry leaves on the ground make noise as people match it.)

1. Your yansh go dry.  — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__13, Your buttocks will be dry up.)

2. nsubj (frequency:3)

1. advmod (frequency:3)

   For East Africa, di countries there fit see very dry conditions pass normal.  — (bbc__50105, __no translation__)

   Makrónisos island dry well well, water no dey there and stone full everywhere.  — (jw__23494, __no translation__)

2. conj (frequency:2)

   Coffee processing get two get types - dry and wet Coffee - From seed to cup  — (bbc__25905, __no translation__)

   To make am, pesin go first uproot di cassava, grind am to flour, dry and fry am.  — (bbc__53538, __no translation__)

3. obl:arg (frequency:2)

1. mark-nsubj (frequency:2)

   Dis one wey everywhere dry, no money.  — (NST_cleaned__34917, __no translation__)

   I go clear busy, buyrn am when e dry.  — (katakata__176, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• cold 0.76 151, hot 0.73 346, leaf 0.71 102, palm 0.71 81, bitter 0.67 36, fish 0.67 323, pour 0.66 199, cocoyam 0.66 22, smell 0.66 97

Antonyms

• cold 0.76 151, hot 0.73 346, leaf 0.71 102, palm 0.71 81, bitter 0.67 36, fish 0.67 323, pour 0.66 199, cocoyam 0.66 22, smell 0.66 97

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

1. Make e be sey water don comot for someting.

   • E don dry.  — (KAD_02_Football_M__68, It has dried.)
   • Jehovah don promise sey: ‘I go dry all the water wey dey comot from una eye.  — (jw__18253, Jehovah has promised that 'I will wipe the tears from your eyes.)
   • E no dey dry for fire.  — (IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__27, It does not dry on fire.)

2. Make person no get money.

   • Any day I dry, me, I dey task.  — (KAD_05_Relationship-Discussion_DG__221, Any day I don't have, I, I task.)

3. Sey someting no dey happen for somewhere

   See how Alaba be now, everywhere dry.  — (LAG_33_Buhari-Recession_M__8, See how Alaba is; everywhere is scanty.)

Antonyms

water water

Translations

• English: dry, broke, dull