Dry and Wash up

Opposite meaning terms

Dry verb - To make dry.

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Wash up is an antonym for dry.

Nearby Words: drying, dryer, dryish

Wash up verb - Wash one's face and hands.

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Dry is an antonym for wash up in topics: wash, bathe.

You Keep Using That Word: When Alice, the Mouse and the other animals wash up on the shore of the Pool of Tears, the Mouse declares that they all need to dry off.

Source: Literature / Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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