1.
[syn: dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered]
2. depleted of water;
- Example: "a dried-up water hole"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dried-up \dried-up\ adj.
wrinkled or cracked from drying.
Syn: sere, sear, shriveled, withered.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. having its water supply exhausted.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dried-up
adj 1: (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;
"dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere
vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered
seedlings"; "withered vines" [syn: dried-up, sere,
sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered]
2: depleted of water; "a dried-up water hole"