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Question: Least sweet, as wine

Solution: DRIEST

DRIEST Definition 1:
Having no or very little water or liquid .
Examples:
A dry riverbed
Mix the dry ingredients first, then add the milk and eggs.
A cool, dry place
Wipe the surface dry. [=wipe the surface until it is dry]
The air is usually dry during the winter. [=there is very little moisture in the air]
The dry heat of the desert
We tried to stay/keep dry in the rain by standing under a tree.
The stream is usually (as) dry as a bone [=completely dry] this time of year.
The stream is bone dry.
DRIEST Definition 2:
No longer wet .
Examples:
Are the clothes dry yet?
The paint should be dry in a few hours.
DRIEST Definition 3:
Having no rain or little rain .
Examples:
This has been an unusually dry summer. [=there has been little rain this summer]
A stretch of dry weather
A dry spell/season
A country with a very dry climate
This plant does well in dry conditions.
DRIEST Definition 4:
Not having the usual or desired amount of moisture .
Examples:
My throat is dry.
My lips are dry.
dry, itchy skin
dry hair
The medication can cause dry mouth. [=a condition in which the inside of your mouth become very dry]
DRIEST Definition 5:
Having the moisture removed by cooking or some other process .
Examples:
The chicken was dry and tasteless.
dry [=powdered] milk
DRIEST Definition 6:
Not producing a wet substance If there is not a dry eye in the house/room (etc.), everyone in a place is emotional or is affected deeply by something. .
Examples:
A dry cough [=a cough that does not produce any phlegm]
The baby stayed dry all night. [=the baby did not urinate all night]
His eyes were dry. [=there were no tears in his eyes]
When the hero proclaimed his love for the heroine at the end of the play, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
DRIEST Definition 7:
No longer producing water, oil, etc. often used figuratively .
Examples:
A dry well
A dry oil well
The well went/ran dry.
(chiefly US) They drilled for oil but the well came up dry.
The author went through a dry [=unproductive] period and couldn’t write anything.
The group stayed together despite several dry [=unsuccessful] years.
They went searching for clues but came up dry. [=came up empty]
DRIEST Definition 8:
Served or eaten without butter, jam, etc. .
Examples:
A breakfast of dry toast and coffee
DRIEST Definition 9:
Not sweet .
Examples:
A very dry red wine
dry sherry
DRIEST Definition 10:
Not interesting, exciting, or emotional .
Examples:
The novel included several long, dry [=boring] passages.
His lectures were usually very dry.
DRIEST Definition 11:
Funny or clever but expressed in a quiet or serious way .
Examples:
He has a very dry sense of humor.
A dry wit
DRIEST Definition 12:
Not having or offering alcoholic beverages .
Examples:
A dry party
DRIEST Definition 13:
Not allowing alcoholic beverages .
Examples:
The college campus has been dry for 10 years.
A dry state/county [=a state/county where alcoholic beverages cannot be sold]
DRIEST Definition 14:
Not drinking alcoholic beverages .
Examples:
He’s been dry [=sober] for several years now.

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