dry – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of dry

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youdry out
weLet's dry out
youdry out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)