dry vs duck

dry

noun
  • An area of waterless country. 

  • The process by which something is dried. 

  • The dry season. 

  • A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages). 

  • Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger. 

  • A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. 

  • An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it. 

adj
  • Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages. 

  • Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter. 

  • Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent. 

  • Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom. 

  • Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion. 

  • Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned. 

  • Athirst, eager. 

  • Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened. 

  • Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb). 

  • Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust. 

  • Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color. 

  • Lacking interest, boring. 

  • Amusing without showing amusement. 

  • Built without or lacking mortar. 

  • Free from or lacking moisture. 

  • Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness 

  • Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk. 

  • Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids. 

verb
  • To remove moisture from. 

  • To lose moisture. 

  • To exhaust; to cause to run dry. 

  • For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing. 

duck

noun
  • A cave passage containing water with low, or no, airspace. 

  • A long-necked medical urinal for men. 

  • A building intentionally constructed in the shape of an everyday object to which it is related. 

  • One of the weights used to hold a spline in place for the purpose of drawing a curve. 

  • Trousers made of such material. 

  • A tightly-woven cotton fabric used as sailcloth. 

  • A marble to be shot at with another marble (the shooter) in children's games. 

  • The flesh of a duck used as food. 

  • An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet. 

  • A term of endearment; pet; darling. 

  • A batsman's score of zero after getting out. (short for duck's egg, since the digit "0" is round like an egg.) 

  • Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling. 

  • A cairn used to mark a trail. 

  • A playing card with the rank of two. 

  • Dear, mate (informal way of addressing a friend or stranger). 

verb
  • To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw. 

  • To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly. 

  • To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something. 

  • To enter a place for a short moment. 

  • To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid. 

  • To evade doing something. 

  • To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something. 

  • To bow. 

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