dry – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of dry

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to dry up
Participle: dried up
Gerund: drying up

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Idry up
youdry up
he;she;itdries up
wedry up
youdry up
theydry up

Perfect

Ihave dried up
youhave dried up
he;she;ithas dried up
wehave dried up
youhave dried up
theyhave dried up

Past

Idried up
youdried up
he;she;itdried up
wedried up
youdried up
theydried up

Pluperfect

Ihad dried up
youhad dried up
he;she;ithad dried up
wehad dried up
youhad dried up
theyhad dried up

Future

Iwill dry up
youwill dry up
he;she;itwill dry up
wewill dry up
youwill dry up
theywill dry up

Future Perfect

Iwill have dried up
youwill have dried up
he;she;itwill have dried up
wewill have dried up
youwill have dried up
theywill have dried up

Subjunctive

Present

Idry up
youdry up
he;she;itdry up
wedry up
youdry up
theydry up

Perfect

Ihave dried up
youhave dried up
he;she;ithave dried up
wehave dried up
youhave dried up
theyhave dried up

Imperfect

Idried up
youdried up
he;she;itdried up
wedried up
youdried up
theydried up

Pluperfect

Ihad dried up
youhad dried up
he;she;ithad dried up
wehad dried up
youhad dried up
theyhad dried up

Conditional

Present

Iwould dry up
youwould dry up
he;she;itwould dry up
wewould dry up
youwould dry up
theywould dry up

Perfect

Iwould have dried up
youwould have dried up
he;she;itwould have dried up
wewould have dried up
youwould have dried up
theywould have dried up

Imperative

youdry up
weLet's dry up
youdry up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam drying up
youare drying up
he;she;itis drying up
weare drying up
youare drying up
theyare drying up

Perfect

Ihave been drying up
youhave been drying up
he;she;ithas been drying up
wehave been drying up
youhave been drying up
theyhave been drying up

Past

Iwas drying up
youwere drying up
he;she;itwas drying up
wewere drying up
youwere drying up
theywere drying up

Pluperfect

Ihad been drying up
youhad been drying up
he;she;ithad been drying up
wehad been drying up
youhad been drying up
theyhad been drying up

Future

Iwill be drying up
youwill be drying up
he;she;itwill be drying up
wewill be drying up
youwill be drying up
theywill be drying up

Future Perfect

Iwill have been drying up
youwill have been drying up
he;she;itwill have been drying up
wewill have been drying up
youwill have been drying up
theywill have been drying up

Conditional

Present

Iwould be drying up
youwould be drying up
he;she;itwould be drying up
wewould be drying up
youwould be drying up
theywould be drying up

Perfect

Iwould have been drying up
youwould have been drying up
he;she;itwould have been drying up
wewould have been drying up
youwould have been drying up
theywould have been drying up

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'dry'

accompany, acetify, acidify, adsignify, affy, alacrify, alkalify, ally, amnesty, amplify, angelify, anglicify, anglify, apology, apply, arefy, argufy, astony, atrophy, avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'dry'

cry, day, fry, pry, try, wry, 3rd, arb, arm, arr,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. Adjective and noun from Middle English drye, dryge, drüȝe, from Old English drȳġe (“dry; parched, withered”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgī, *draugī, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz, *draugiz (“dry, hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). The verb derives from Middle English drien, from Old English drȳġan (“to dry”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgijan, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz (“hard, desiccated, dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“strong, hard, solid”).
2. cognates and related terms
3. Cognate with Scots dry, drey (“dry”), North Frisian drüg, driig, Saterland Frisian druuch (“dry”), West Frisian droech (“dry”), Dutch droog (“dry”), Low German dröög (“dry”), German dröge (“dull”), Icelandic draugur (“a dry log”). Related also to German trocken (“dry”), West Frisian drege (“long-lasting”), Danish drøj (“tough”), Swedish dryg (“lasting, hard”), Icelandic drjúgur (“ample, long”), Latin firmus (“strong, firm, stable, durable”). See also drought, drain, dree. See: German, old spelling 'trocken'.

Verbs referencing "dry"

English drug, Luxembourgish dréchnen.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] in which his presence is required; and as all the servants are always being wanted, and none of them ever come, this enlivening engine is in full performance the whole day through. Clothes are drying in the same yard; female slaves, with cotton handkerchiefs twisted round their heads are running to and fro on the hotel business; black waiters cross and recross with dishes in their hands; two [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I saw in this place the whole process of picking, rolling, pressing, drying, packing in casks, and branding. All the tobacco thus dealt with, was in course of manufacture for chewing; and one would have supposed there was enough in that one storehouse to have filled even [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] gentlemen passengers were far from particular in respect of their linen, which was in some cases as yellow as the little rivulets that had trickled from the corners of their mouths in chewing, and dried there. Nor was the atmosphere quite free from zephyr whisperings of the thirty beds which had just been cleared away, and of which we were further and more pressingly reminded by the occasional [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] I have, these ten years. Very often, night after night, my clothes will be wringing wet. There won't be a dry thread in my night-clothes and the sheets will be so that Mammy has to hang them up to dry ! Eva doesn't sweat anything like that ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] some solitary exotic reared its forsaken head. What had been a conservatory had now no window-shades, and on the mouldering shelves stood some dry, forsaken flower-pots, with sticks in them, whose dried leaves showed they had once been plants. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)