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DRIED-UP

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dried-up

[drahyd-uhp]
–adjective
1. depleted of water or moisture; gone dry: a dried-up water hole.
2. shriveled with age; wizened: a dried-up old mule skinner.

Origin:
1810–20
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dried-up

adjective
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" 
2. depleted of water; "a dried-up water hole" 
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