Home › Words › U › updryupdryupdry means to dry up.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, updry ranks #13,970 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom up- + dry.verbTo dry up.e.g.“As thro a desert dry to go,” — 1851, Montagu, The Psalms, in a New Version, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches: Psalm CVI He the Red Sea rebuk'd also, That it updrying fledDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.fordry 77% match — To dry up; become dry. vs updry →overdry 72% match — To dry too much. vs updry →dryout 71% match — The process of drying out. vs updry →dry 70% match — Free from or lacking moisture. vs updry →arefy 67% match — To dry, or make dry; wither. vs updry →ultradry 65% match — extremely dry. vs updry →drying 65% match — The act of drying. vs updry →superdry 64% match — Extremely dry. vs updry →