To come to a dead-end.
A road with no exit.
A position that offers no hope of progress.
Going nowhere; blocked.
To cease to exist; to disappear
To manually dry dishes.
To cause to become dry.
To deprive someone of (something vital).
To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs.
To stop talking; to forget what one was going to say.