Drying out
Stop and drying out are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Drying out".
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Drying out and stop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drying out" instead a verb "Stop".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Once again as with Christmas pudding, it's traditional to make the cake quite some time before Christmas, stow it in an old tin in a cupboard, and 'feed' it brandy/rum/whisky/port/Old Hoggard's Brainrotter until Christmas Day to "stop it drying out".
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