Drying
ˈdraɪɪŋ
Definitions
2 meaningsIn the process of becoming dry or causing something to become dry; removing moisture.
ˈdraɪɪŋ
The act or process of removing moisture.
The sun is drying the wet pavement after the rain.
💡 Simply: It's like taking the water out of something! Like when you hang your wet clothes outside on a sunny day, the sun helps them dry.
👶 For kids: Making something not wet anymore, like when you dry your hands with a towel.
More Examples
She is drying her hair with a towel.
They are drying the harvested grains in the sun.
How It's Used
"Drying clothes on a clothesline."
"Drying fruits to preserve them."
In the process of becoming dry
ˈdraɪɪŋ
Becoming dry
We are drying tomatoes.
💡 Simply: Something that is becoming not wet.
👶 For kids: Something that is getting not wet anymore.
More Examples
The washing is drying on the rack.
How It's Used
"The drying fruit."
From Middle English drien, dryen, from Old English drȳgan (“to dry”), from Proto-Germanic *druzjaną (“to make dry”).
Used since Old English times, evolving from the verb 'drygan.'