n. a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

v. come into existence; "What becomes has duration"

v. enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

v. undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

v. remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"

v. become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun"

adj. unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"

adj. (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux"

adj. free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"

adj. not producing milk; "a dry cow"

adj. dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"

adj. destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; "the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks"- Norman Mailer

adj. practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"

adj. lacking warmth or friendliness; "looked uncordial as we approached"

adj. humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"

v. make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

v. praise somewhat dishonestly

v. make fit; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"

v. enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"

v. make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"

v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

v. prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"

v. preserve in a pickling liquid

v. preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships"

v. inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?"

v. provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"

v. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

v. prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"

v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

v. rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

v. rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"

v. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"

adj. not sympathetic or disposed toward; "unsympathetic officialdom"; "people unsympathetic to the revolution"; "his dignity made him seem aloof and unsympathetic"

adj. emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"

adj. devoid of feeling for others; "an unfeeling wretch"

adj. deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"

adj. not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"

adj. lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person"

adj. expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

adj. bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde

adj. providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"; "a fun thing to do"

v. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

v. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

v. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

adj. unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

adj. not directly productive; "nonproductive labor"

adj. having a sharp biting taste

adj. not containing sugar

adj. not producing milk; "a dry cow"

adj. free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"

adj. (of eggs) no longer edible; "an addled egg"

adj. (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"

adj. touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"

adj. having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"

adj. becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"

adj. spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots"

adj. not firm; "wilted lettuce"

adj. covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"

adj. (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon"

adj. "juiceless book knowledge"

adj. totally sober

adj. not inebriated

adj. sullen or unfriendly in appearance

adj. very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"

adj. not exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor

adj. cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

adj. characterized by horseplay and physical action; "slapstick style of humor"

adj. like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor"

adj. arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"

adj. amusing in an odd or whimsical manner; deliberately waggish

adj. broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair"

adj. wildly comic and improbable as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; "a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings"- T.C.Worsley

adj. marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories"

adj. very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"

adj. characterized by jokes and good humor

adj. arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"

adj. having a mixture of serious with the comic with comic predominating; "a seriocomic novel"

adj. having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; "her life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"--Joseph Conrad

n. a slight wetness

v. retreat

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

v. make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

v. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"

adj. (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content; "sweet dessert wines"

adj. unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"

adj. slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"

adj. hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather"

adj. (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"

adj. (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"

adj. full of juice