Dried-out (Adjective)
Meaning
Thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The lake's dried-out bed cracked in the intense heat of the summer sun.
- She stored her favorite paintbrushes in a sealed container to prevent the bristles from becoming dried-out and brittle.
- After a decade without use, the piano's soundboard had become a dried-out and warped piece of wood.
- A gardener pruned the dried-out branches of the dead plant, giving the healthy sections more room to grow.
- In the arid climate, the tree's dried-out trunk had turned a dull grayish-brown, providing little shelter from the scorching desert sun.