drying Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb remove the moisture from and make dry
    dry; dry out.
    • dry clothes
    • dry hair
  2. verb become dry or drier
    dry; dry out.
    • The laundry dries in the sun

WordNet

Dry"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room.
  2. Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry.

Webster 1913