dry – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of dry

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to dry
Participle: dried
Gerund: drying

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Idry
youdry
he;she;itdries
wedry
youdry
theydry

Perfect

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

Past

Idried
youdried
he;she;itdried
wedried
youdried
theydried

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Idry
youdry
he;she;itdry
wedry
youdry
theydry

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Idried
youdried
he;she;itdried
wedried
youdried
theydried

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youdry
weLet's dry
youdry

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)