dried-up Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
   withered; sear; shriveled; sere; shrivelled.
   
   • dried-up grass
   • the desert was edged with sere vegetation
   • shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
   • withered vines
2. adjective satellite depleted of water
   
   • a dried-up water hole

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