dry up

dry up
1. transitive verb
abtrocknen
2. intransitive verb
1) (dry the dishes) abtrocknen
2) [Brunnen, Quelle:] versiegen; [Fluss, Teich:] austrocknen
3) (fig.) [Ideen, Erfindergeist:] versiegen
* * *
1) (to lose water; to cease running etc completely: All the rivers dried up in the heat.) austrocknen
2) (to become used up: Supplies of bandages have dried up.) sich erschöpfen
3) (to make dry: The sun dried up the puddles in the road.) austrocknen
4) ((of a speaker) to forget what he is going to say: He dried up in the middle of his speech.) aufhören
* * *
dry up
I. vi
1. (become dry) austrocknen; source, spring, well versiegen
2. (dry the dishes) abtrocknen
3. (evaporate) liquid trocknen
4. (fig: stop talking) den Faden verlieren; (on stage) steckenbleiben fam
5. (fig: run out) funds schrumpfen; source versiegen fig; supply ausbleiben; conversation versiegen fig
II. vt
to \dry up up ⇆ sth
1. (after washing-up) etw abtrocknen
2. (dry out) etw austrocknen
III. interj (fam!: shut up!) halt die Klappe! sl
* * *
1. vi
1) (stream, well) austrocknen, versiegen; (moisture) trocknen; (inspiration, source of income) versiegen; (author) keine Ideen mehr haben

then business started drying up — dann wurden die Aufträge immer spärlicher

2) (= dry dishes) abtrocknen
3) (actor) stecken bleiben (inf); (speaker) den Faden verlieren
4) (inf

= be quiet) dry up! — halt den Mund! (inf)

2. vt sep
mess aufwischen; dishes abtrocknen; (sun) well, river bed austrocknen
* * *
1. transitive verb
abtrocknen
2. intransitive verb
1) (dry the dishes) abtrocknen
2) [Brunnen, Quelle:] versiegen; [Fluss, Teich:] austrocknen
3) (fig.) [Ideen, Erfindergeist:] versiegen
* * *
v.
ausdorren v.
steckenbleiben (beim Vortrag) v.
verdorren (Wiesen) v.

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